Vulnerability CVE-2001-0623
Published: 2001-08-02   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
sendfiled, as included with Simple Asynchronous File Transfer (SAFT), on various Linux systems does not properly drop privileges when sending notification emails, which allows local attackers to gain privileges.

Type:

CWE-Other

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
Sendfile -> Sendfile 

 References:
http://www.debian.org/security/2001/dsa-050
http://www.debian.org/security/2001/dsa-052
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6430
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