CVE-2001-1378

fetchmailconf in fetchmail before 5.7.4 allows local users to overwrite files of other users via a symlink attack on temporary files.

Published: 2001-09-06 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2001-1378 is rated Low Risk (17.7/100): CVSS Low severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.34%). Low composite risk—no urgent action required; patch on your normal maintenance cycle and revisit priority if CVSS or EPSS increases.

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

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2001-1378

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 0.05% 0.34% +0.30%
2 2025-03-30 0.05% 0.05% -0.01%
3 2025-03-29 — 0.05% —

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2001-1378

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
2.1 2.0 LOW
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N 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:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 3.9 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2001-1378

OS Trackers for CVE-2001-1378

vendor priority summary link
redhat — — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2001-1378

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2001-1378

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
fetchmail fetchmail <= 5.7.2 cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fetchmail fetchmail 4.5.1 cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:4.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fetchmail fetchmail 4.5.2 cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:4.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fetchmail fetchmail 4.5.3 cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:4.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fetchmail fetchmail 4.5.4 cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:4.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fetchmail fetchmail 4.5.5 cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:4.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fetchmail fetchmail 4.5.6 cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:4.5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fetchmail fetchmail 4.5.7 cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:4.5.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fetchmail fetchmail 4.5.8 cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:4.5.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fetchmail fetchmail 4.6.0 cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:4.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fetchmail fetchmail 4.6.1 cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:4.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fetchmail fetchmail 4.6.2 cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:4.6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fetchmail fetchmail 4.6.3 cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:4.6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fetchmail fetchmail 4.6.4 cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:4.6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fetchmail fetchmail 4.6.5 cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:4.6.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fetchmail fetchmail 4.6.6 cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:4.6.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fetchmail fetchmail 4.6.7 cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:4.6.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fetchmail fetchmail 4.6.8 cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:4.6.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fetchmail fetchmail 4.6.9 cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:4.6.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fetchmail fetchmail 4.7.0 cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:4.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fetchmail fetchmail 4.7.1 cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:4.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fetchmail fetchmail 4.7.2 cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:4.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fetchmail fetchmail 4.7.3 cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:4.7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fetchmail fetchmail 4.7.4 cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:4.7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fetchmail fetchmail 4.7.5 cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:4.7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fetchmail fetchmail 4.7.6 cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:4.7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fetchmail fetchmail 4.7.7 cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:4.7.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fetchmail fetchmail 5.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fetchmail fetchmail 5.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fetchmail fetchmail 5.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fetchmail fetchmail 5.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fetchmail fetchmail 5.0.4 cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fetchmail fetchmail 5.0.5 cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fetchmail fetchmail 5.0.6 cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fetchmail fetchmail 5.0.7 cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fetchmail fetchmail 5.0.8 cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fetchmail fetchmail 5.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fetchmail fetchmail 5.1.4 cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fetchmail fetchmail 5.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fetchmail fetchmail 5.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fetchmail fetchmail 5.2.3 cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fetchmail fetchmail 5.2.4 cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fetchmail fetchmail 5.2.7 cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fetchmail fetchmail 5.2.8 cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fetchmail fetchmail 5.3.0 cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fetchmail fetchmail 5.3.1 cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fetchmail fetchmail 5.3.3 cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fetchmail fetchmail 5.3.8 cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.3.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fetchmail fetchmail 5.4.0 cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fetchmail fetchmail 5.4.3 cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fetchmail fetchmail 5.4.4 cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fetchmail fetchmail 5.4.5 cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fetchmail fetchmail 5.5.0 cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fetchmail fetchmail 5.5.2 cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fetchmail fetchmail 5.5.3 cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fetchmail fetchmail 5.5.5 cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fetchmail fetchmail 5.5.6 cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fetchmail fetchmail 5.6.0 cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
fetchmail fetchmail 5.7.0 cpe:2.3:a:fetchmail:fetchmail:5.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2001-1378

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