CVE-2001-0609 — CRITICAL severity vulnerability (Format string vulnerability in Infodrom cfingerd 1.4.3 and e)
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.
| CVE ID | CVE-2001-0609 |
|---|---|
| Severity | CRITICAL |
| CVSS score | 9.8 |
| CVSS vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| CWE | CWE-193 |
| Status | Modified |
| Published | 2001-08-02 |
| Last modified | 2026-04-16 |
| Description | 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. |
| Source | NIST National Vulnerability Database |
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