CVE-2001-0623
sendfiled, as included with Simple Asynchronous File Transfer (SAFT), on various Linux systems does not properly drop privileges when…
- 4.6MediumCVSS base score
- 0.80%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 43% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 2Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
sendfiled, as included with Simple Asynchronous File Transfer (SAFT), on various Linux systems does not properly drop privileges when sending notification emails, which allows local attackers to gain privileges.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list 2 Exploit-DB entries for it.
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Exploit-DB2 entries
- Sendfile 1.x/2.1 - Local Privileged Arbitrary Command Execution (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 20795local, linuxpublished 24 Apr 2001Verified
- Sendfile 1.x/2.1 - Forced Privilege Lowering Failure (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 20798local, linuxpublished 24 Apr 2001Verified
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Published
- 23 years later
· 23 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.6 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.80% · top 43% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.6.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
3
- DSA-050 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- saft-sendfiled-execute-code(6430) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- DSA-052 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2001-0614 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2001-0623)Record last updated .