CVE-2001-0588
mediumpriority · track · 18EPSS 0.005 · 42 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
sendmail 8.9.3, as included with the MMDF 2.43.3b package in SCO OpenServer 5.0.6, can allow a local attacker to gain additional privileges via a buffer overflow in the first argument to the command.
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Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–medium · 3.9–4.6
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affected products (2)
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references (4)
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- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-03/0417.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://security-archive.merton.ox.ac.uk/bugtraq-200104/0221.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-03/0417.htmlExploitPatchVendor Advisorynvd
- http://security-archive.merton.ox.ac.uk/bugtraq-200104/0221.htmlnvd
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