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Fencer Vulns
medium 4.6

CVE-2001-0623 json

sendfiled, as included with Simple Asynchronous File Transfer (SAFT), on various Linux systems does not properly drop privileges when sendi…

published 2001-07-27 25 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2001-0614

cvss
4.6
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.8%
EPSS 0.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 56%
public exploits
2
Exploit-DB

Summary

sendfiled, as included with Simple Asynchronous File Transfer (SAFT), on various Linux systems does not properly drop privileges when sending notification emails, which allows local attackers to gain privileges.

Patch / fix

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-20798)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

0.80% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 56% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-20798 Sendfile 1.x/2.1 - Forced Privilege Lowering Failure local, 2001-04-24
  • EDB-20795 Sendfile 1.x/2.1 - Local Privileged Arbitrary Command Execution local, 2001-04-24

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 4.6 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

References

Sources

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