Vulnerability in Infodrom Cfingerd

CVE-2001-0609

Format string vulnerability in Infodrom cfingerd 1.4.3 and earlier allows a remote attacker to gain additional privileges via a malformed ident reply that is passed to the syslog function.

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CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.182 (97.1th percentile), scored .

Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 97th percentile — 97.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2001-0609: held from 0.182 to 0.182.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.182 · newest: 0.182 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2001-0609?
CVE-2001-0609 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Infodrom Cfingerd, classified under Off-by-one Error. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2001-08-02.
How severe is CVE-2001-0609?
Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.