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CVE-2001-0713

MEDIUM · CVSS 4.6 EPSS 0.33%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2001-10-30 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 4.6. See the original NVD description below for full technical details.

CVE
CVE-2001-0713
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
4.6
EPSS
0.33%

Original NVD 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.