CVE-2001-0717

Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 5.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2001-10-30 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Format string vulnerability in ToolTalk database server rpc.ttdbserverd allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via format string specifiers that are passed to the syslog function.

Affected products

Tooltalk Database Server: all versions

References

http://ftp.support.compaq.com/patches/.new/html/SSRT0767U.shtml
http://online.securityfocus.com/advisories/3584
http://securitytracker.com/id?1002479
http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doctype=coll&doc=secbull/212
http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-2001-27.html
http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/m-002.shtml
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3382
http://xforce.iss.net/alerts/advise98.php
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7069
http://ftp.support.compaq.com/patches/.new/html/SSRT0767U.shtml

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