THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2001-0609
CRITICAL SEVERITY

CVE-2001-0609

Cfingerd vulnerability

CVSS
9.8
EPSS
18.2%
EPSS pct
97th
Exploited
No known
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.
Affected vendor
Infodrom
Affected product
Cfingerd
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2001-08-02

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity, high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 18.2% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 97% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2001-0609

  • Confirm whether Infodrom Cfingerd is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2001-0609.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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