MailMan Webmail 3.0.25 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the alternate_template parameter.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2001-0021 is rated High Exploit Risk (83.5/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 9.54%, 92th percentile). Core evidence: 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.
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| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20469 | exploit_db | edb | 2000-12-06 | Exploit-DB ↗ |
| — | nvd_ref | exploit_tag | Exploit-DB ↗ |
EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2025-03-30 | 13.32% | 9.54% | -3.77% |
| 2 | 2025-03-29 | 9.54% | 13.32% | +3.77% |
| 3 | 2025-03-19 | — | 9.54% | — |
Full EPSS history (8 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10.0 | 2.0 | HIGH |
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10.0 | 10.0 | [email protected] |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| endymion | mailman_webmail | 3.0 | cpe:2.3:a:endymion:mailman_webmail:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| endymion | mailman_webmail | 3.0.1 | cpe:2.3:a:endymion:mailman_webmail:3.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| endymion | mailman_webmail | 3.0.10 | cpe:2.3:a:endymion:mailman_webmail:3.0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| endymion | mailman_webmail | 3.0.11 | cpe:2.3:a:endymion:mailman_webmail:3.0.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| endymion | mailman_webmail | 3.0.12 | cpe:2.3:a:endymion:mailman_webmail:3.0.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| endymion | mailman_webmail | 3.0.13 | cpe:2.3:a:endymion:mailman_webmail:3.0.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| endymion | mailman_webmail | 3.0.14 | cpe:2.3:a:endymion:mailman_webmail:3.0.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| endymion | mailman_webmail | 3.0.15 | cpe:2.3:a:endymion:mailman_webmail:3.0.15:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| endymion | mailman_webmail | 3.0.16 | cpe:2.3:a:endymion:mailman_webmail:3.0.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| endymion | mailman_webmail | 3.0.18 | cpe:2.3:a:endymion:mailman_webmail:3.0.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| endymion | mailman_webmail | 3.0.19 | cpe:2.3:a:endymion:mailman_webmail:3.0.19:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| endymion | mailman_webmail | 3.0.20 | cpe:2.3:a:endymion:mailman_webmail:3.0.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| endymion | mailman_webmail | 3.0.21 | cpe:2.3:a:endymion:mailman_webmail:3.0.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| endymion | mailman_webmail | 3.0.22 | cpe:2.3:a:endymion:mailman_webmail:3.0.22:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| endymion | mailman_webmail | 3.0.23 | cpe:2.3:a:endymion:mailman_webmail:3.0.23:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| endymion | mailman_webmail | 3.0.24 | cpe:2.3:a:endymion:mailman_webmail:3.0.24:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| endymion | mailman_webmail | 3.0.25 | cpe:2.3:a:endymion:mailman_webmail:3.0.25:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-12/0057.html | Exploit Patch Vendor Advisory |
| http://www.endymion.com/products/mailman/history.htm | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2063 | Patch Vendor Advisory |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5649 |