CVE-2001-0565

MediumCVSS 4.6/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

Buffer overflow in mailx in Solaris 8 and earlier allows a local attacker to gain additional privileges via a long '-F' command line option.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 4.6/10AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-05/0016.htmlExploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/184210
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/446864US Government Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2610
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/8246
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-05/0016.htmlExploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/184210
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/446864US Government Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2610
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/8246

Timeline

Published: Aug 14, 2001
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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