CVE-2001-0609
Format string vulnerability in Infodrom cfingerd 1.4.3 and earlier allows a remote attacker to...
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.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
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.
- Record
CVE-2001-0609- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 10.0 High
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C - Weakness
- CWE-193
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
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.
- Record
CVE-2001-0609- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2001-0600 No score
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.
- Record
EUVD-2001-0600- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-fppm-3x24-27q8
Format string vulnerability in Infodrom cfingerd 1.4.3 and earlier allows a remote attacker to...
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.
- Record
GHSA-fppm-3x24-27q8- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 Critical
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-193
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Exploit-DB | cfingerd 1.4 - Format String (1) | 2001-04-11 |
| Exploit-DB | cfingerd 1.4 - Format String (2) | 2001-04-16 |
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, Exploit-DB, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2001-0609 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Infodrom Cfingerd, published July 27, 2001. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 18.2%, the 97th percentile. No source names a fixed version.