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CVE-2001-0609

• Severity: critical (CVSS 9.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 18.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2001-08-02 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-193

Description

Format string vulnerability in Infodrom cfingerd 1.4.3 and earlier allows a remote attacker to gain additional privileges via a malformed ident reply that is passed to the syslog function.

Affected products

• Infodrom Cfingerd: through 1.4.3

References

• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-04/0202.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2576
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6364
• http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-04/0202.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2576
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6364

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