CVE-2001-1078

Exp

Format string vulnerability in flog function of eXtremail 1.1.9 and earlier allows remote attackers to gain root privileges via format specifiers in the SMTP commands (1) HELO, (2) EHLO, (3) MAIL FROM, or (4) RCPT TO, and the POP3 commands (5) USER and (6) other commands that can be executed after POP3 authentication.

Published: 2001-06-21 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2001-1078 is rated High Exploit Risk (82.1/100): CVSS Critical severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 5.44%, 92th percentile). 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-2001-1078

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
20954 exploit_db edb 2006-10-06 Exploit-DB ↗
49 exploit_db edb 2003-07-02 Exploit-DB ↗
20953 exploit_db edb 2001-06-21 Exploit-DB ↗
20952 exploit_db edb 2001-06-21 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2001-1078

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 11.18% 5.44% -5.73%
2 2026-05-25 14.45% 11.18% -3.28%
3 2025-10-31 — 14.45% —

Full EPSS history (10 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2001-1078

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
10.0 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 10.0 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2001-1078

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2001-1078

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
extremail extremail 1.0 cpe:2.3:a:extremail:extremail:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
extremail extremail 1.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:extremail:extremail:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
extremail extremail 1.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:extremail:extremail:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
extremail extremail 1.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:extremail:extremail:1.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
extremail extremail 1.1 cpe:2.3:a:extremail:extremail:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
extremail extremail 1.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:extremail:extremail:1.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
extremail extremail 1.1.2 cpe:2.3:a:extremail:extremail:1.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
extremail extremail 1.1.3 cpe:2.3:a:extremail:extremail:1.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
extremail extremail 1.1.4 cpe:2.3:a:extremail:extremail:1.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
extremail extremail 1.1.5 cpe:2.3:a:extremail:extremail:1.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
extremail extremail 1.1.6 cpe:2.3:a:extremail:extremail:1.1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
extremail extremail 1.1.7 cpe:2.3:a:extremail:extremail:1.1.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
extremail extremail 1.1.8 cpe:2.3:a:extremail:extremail:1.1.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
extremail extremail 1.1.9 cpe:2.3:a:extremail:extremail:1.1.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2001-1078

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