Vulnerability CVE-2000-0545
Published: 2000-08-08   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
Buffer overflow in mailx mail command (aka Mail) on Linux systems allows local users to gain privileges via a long -c (carbon copy) parameter.

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
4.6/10
6.4/10
3.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
SGI -> Mailx 

 References:
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1305
http://www.debian.org/security/2000/20000605
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-05/0435.html
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