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CVE-2001-0125

• Severity: low (CVSS 1.2 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2001-03-12 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

exmh 2.2 and earlier allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the exmhErrorMsg temporary file.

Affected products

• Debian Linux: 2.2
• Exmh: through 2.2
• Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux: 6.0, 6.1, 7.0, 7.1, 7.2
• Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux Corporate Server: 1.0.1

References

• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/freebsd/2001-01/0543.html
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=97846489313059&w=2
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=97958594330100&w=2
• http://www.beedub.com/exmh/symlink.html
• http://www.debian.org/security/2001/dsa-022
• http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2001/MDKSA-2001-015.php3
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5829
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/freebsd/2001-01/0543.html
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=97846489313059&w=2
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=97958594330100&w=2
• http://www.beedub.com/exmh/symlink.html
• http://www.debian.org/security/2001/dsa-022

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