CVE-2001-0125

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Summary

CVECVE-2001-0125
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2001-03-12 05:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
Descriptionexmh 2.2 and earlier allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the exmhErrorMsg temporary file.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 1.2 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
High
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Partial
Availability
None

AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 2.2 All All All
Application Exmh Exmh All All All All
Operating System Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux 6.0 All All All
Operating System Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux 6.1 All All All
Operating System Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux 7.1 All All All
Operating System Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux 7.2 All All All
Operating System Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux Corporate Server 1.0.1 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
'exmh security vulnerability' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
'Advisory: exmh symlink vulnerability' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
Exmh symlink attack af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.beedub.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
MandrakeSoft Update Advisory MDKSA-2001:015 : exmh af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.linux-mandrake.com Patch
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Debian GNU/Linux -- Security Information -- DSA-022-1 exmh af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
Neohapsis Archives - FreeBSD Security - FreeBSD Ports Security Advisory: FreeBSD-SA-01:17.exmh2 - From [email protected] af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 archives.neohapsis.com
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