CVE-2001-0609

highpriority · attend · 55EPSS 0.182 · 97 %ileexploit · functionalEUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

Public exploit

2 exploits · functional

Likely / severe?

18.2% (97th) EPSS

CVSS 10 · high

Is it mine?

2 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

2 sources

enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-23

Format string vulnerability in Infodrom cfingerd 1.4.3 and earlier allows a remote attacker to gain additional privileges via a malformed ident reply that is passed to the syslog function.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

10.0

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · high–critical · 9.3–10

v2.010highAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:Cprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 10 · impact 10

v3.19.8criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 5.9

v3.19.3criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Psecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-193USprimary

exploits (2)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

EDB-20748cfingerd 1.4 - Format String (1)functional · exploit_db
EDB-20749cfingerd 1.4 - Format String (2)functional · exploit_db

affected products (2)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
infodrom cfingerd≤ 1.4.3nvdUScpe:2.3:a:infodrom:cfingerd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

also known as (2)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

Which sources assert this record, and when.

enisa_euvd nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2001-08-02modified 2026-06-16

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references (6)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-04/0202.html enisa_euvd
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2576 enisa_euvd
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6364 enisa_euvd
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-04/0202.htmlBroken LinkExploitPatchVendor Advisorynvd
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2576Broken LinkExploitPatchThird Party AdvisoryVDB EntryVendor Advisorynvd
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6364Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entrynvd

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