CVE-2001-0653

Exp

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: 2001-09-20 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2001-0653 is rated Exploit Available (56.5/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.18%). 5 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2001-0653

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
21063 exploit_db edb 2001-08-17 Exploit-DB ↗
21062 exploit_db edb 2001-08-17 Exploit-DB ↗
21061 exploit_db edb 2001-08-17 Exploit-DB ↗
21060 exploit_db edb 2001-08-17 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2001-0653

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 2026-06-15 0.24% 1.18% +0.94%
2 2025-09-29 0.32% 0.24% -0.08%
3 2025-03-30 — 0.32% —

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2001-0653

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.6 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 3.9 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2001-0653

OS Trackers for CVE-2001-0653

vendor priority summary link
redhat — — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2001-0653

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2001-0653

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
sendmail sendmail 8.11.0 cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sendmail sendmail 8.11.1 cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.11.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sendmail sendmail 8.11.2 cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.11.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sendmail sendmail 8.11.3 cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.11.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sendmail sendmail 8.11.4 cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.11.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sendmail sendmail 8.11.5 cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.11.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sendmail sendmail 8.12 cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.12:beta10:*:*:*:*:*:*
sendmail sendmail 8.12 cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.12:beta12:*:*:*:*:*:*
sendmail sendmail 8.12 cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.12:beta16:*:*:*:*:*:*
sendmail sendmail 8.12 cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.12:beta5:*:*:*:*:*:*
sendmail sendmail 8.12 cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.12:beta7:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2001-0653

URL Tags
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 Exploit Patch Vendor Advisory
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
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