# CVE-2001-0713: Privilege escalation in n/a

> Local attackers can escalate privileges by exploiting improper privilege dropping when loading custom configuration files with specific malformed arguments.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.6 (`AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 12 Oct 2001
- **Updated:** 8 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-ghm6-wmwg-rrqw

## What is CVE-2001-0713?

CVE-2001-0713 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 12 Oct 2001. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Sendmail before 8.12.1 does not properly drop privileges when the -C option is used to load custom configuration files, which allows local users to gain privileges via malformed arguments in the configuration file whose names contain characters with the high bit set, such as (1) macro names that are one character long, (2) a variable setting which is processed by the setoption function, or (3) a Modifiers setting which is processed by the getmodifiers function.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2001-0713?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Sendmail Sendmail.

## How do I fix CVE-2001-0713?

No fix has been published for CVE-2001-0713 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2001-0713 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2001-0713 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2007-2246](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2007-2246/): Denial of service in n/a (high 7.8)
- [CVE-2006-0058](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2006-0058/): Race condition in n/a (high 7.6)
- [CVE-2009-4565](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2009-4565/): Security feature bypass in n/a (high 7.5)
- [CVE-2002-2261](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2002-2261/): Security feature bypass in n/a (high 7.5)
- [CVE-1999-1592](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-1999-1592/): Other in n/a (high 7.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2001-0713 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2001-0713 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 12 Oct 2001. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2001-0713 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2001-0713/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2001-0713/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2001-0713
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2001-0713
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2001-0713

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2001-0713/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.