CVE-2001-1078

Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 5.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2001-06-21 · updated 2026-06-16

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.

Affected products

Extremail: 1.0, 1.0.1, 1.0.2, 1.0.3, 1.1, 1.1.1 (+8)

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-06/0291.html
http://www.extremail.com/history.htm
http://www.extremail.com/news.htm
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2908
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6733
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-06/0291.html
http://www.extremail.com/history.htm
http://www.extremail.com/news.htm
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2908
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6733

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