CVE-2001-1078
Format string vulnerability in flog function of eXtremail 1.1.9 and earlier allows remote attackers to gain root privileges via format…
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Description
Format string vulnerability in flog function of eXtremail 1.1.9 and earlier allows remote attackers to gain root privileges via format specifiers in the SMTP commands (1) HELO, (2) EHLO, (3) MAIL FROM, or (4) RCPT TO, and the POP3 commands (5) USER and (6) other commands that can be executed after POP3 authentication.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list 4 Exploit-DB entries for it.
Exploit-DB4 entries
- eXtremail 1.x/2.1 - Remote Format String (3) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 20954remote, linuxpublished 6 Oct 2006Verified
- eXtremail 1.5.x (Linux) - Remote Format Strings (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 49remote, linuxpublished 2 Jul 2003Verified
- eXtremail 1.x/2.1 - Remote Format String (1) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 20952dos, linuxpublished 21 Jun 2001Verified
- eXtremail 1.x/2.1 - Remote Format String (2) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 20953remote, linuxpublished 21 Jun 2001Verified
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Timeline
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By mitre
- 2 days later
· 2 days later
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 | High10.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 5.4% · top 7.2% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 10.0.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (5)
- 2908 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20010622 eXtremail Remote Format String ('s) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://www.extremail.com/news.htm (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- extremail-flog-format-string(6733) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- http://www.extremail.com/history.htm (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_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-2001-1059 (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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