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    CVE-2001-0653

    Sendmail 8.10.0 through 8.11.5, and 8.12.0 beta, allows local users to modify process memory and possibly gain privileges via a large value in the 'category' part of debugger (-d) command line arguments, which is interpreted as a negative number.

    Published:Aug 21, 2001
    Last Modified:Apr 16, 2026
    EPS:Mar 9, 2002
    EPSS Score:0.00233
    CVSS Score:4.6

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Linux
    Vendor
    Sendmail
    Product
    Sendmail

    Exploits

    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3163http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3163https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/21060https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/21061https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/21062https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/21063

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    No CWE recorded yet

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

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    References

    ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2001-017.txt.asc
    http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000412
    http://download.immunix.org/ImmunixOS/7.0/updates/IMNX-2001-70-032-01
    http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=99841063100516&w=2
    http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2001-106.html
    http://www.calderasystems.com/support/security/advisories/CSSA-2001-032.0.txt
    http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/l-133.shtml
    http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2001/MDKSA-2001-075.php3
    http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2001_028_sendmail_txt.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3163
    http://www.sendmail.org/8.11.html
    http://www1.itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=HPSBTL0112-007
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7016
    ftp://ftp.netbsd.org/pub/NetBSD/security/advisories/NetBSD-SA2001-017.txt.asc
    http://distro.conectiva.com.br/atualizacoes/?id=a&anuncio=000412
    http://download.immunix.org/ImmunixOS/7.0/updates/IMNX-2001-70-032-01
    http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=99841063100516&w=2
    http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2001-106.html
    http://www.calderasystems.com/support/security/advisories/CSSA-2001-032.0.txt
    http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/l-133.shtml
    http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/2001/MDKSA-2001-075.php3
    http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2001_028_sendmail_txt.html
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3163
    http://www.sendmail.org/8.11.html
    http://www1.itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=HPSBTL0112-007
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7016

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High