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CVE-2001-0271 — HIGH severity vulnerability (mailnews.cgi 1.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to exec)

mailnews.cgi 1.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a user name that contains shell metacharacters.

CVE IDCVE-2001-0271
SeverityHIGH
CVSS score10.0
CVSS vectorAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CWENVD-CWE-Other
StatusModified
Published2001-05-03
Last modified2026-04-16
Descriptionmailnews.cgi 1.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a user name that contains shell metacharacters.
SourceNIST National Vulnerability Database

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