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CVE-2001-0125
exmh 2.2 and earlier allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the exmhErrorMsg temporary file.
Low1.2EPSS 0.30%
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- mitre
Description
exmh 2.2 and earlier allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the exmhErrorMsg temporary file.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low1.2 | AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.30% · top 77% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 1.2.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (7)
- MDKSA-2001:015 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRAKEx_transferred
- FreeBSD-SA-01:17 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FREEBSDx_transferred
- 20001231 Advisory: exmh symlink vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 20010112 exmh security vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- DSA-022 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- exmh-error-symlink(5829) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- http://www.beedub.com/exmh/symlink.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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