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TI-2001-00594 Aliases CVE-2001-0609GHSA-fppm-3x24-27q8

Format string vulnerability in Infodrom cfingerd 1.4.3 and earlier allows a remote…

Priority MEDIUM 60CWE-193Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Code execution
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-193 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.18235 97th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:infodrom:cfingerd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 1.4.3VulnerableInfodrom
  • cpe:2.3:a:infodrom:cfingerd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 1.4.3 Vulnerable ·Infodrom

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2001-0609
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-fppm-3x24-27q8

References

Exploit 1

  • TI-2001-00706 Buffer overflow in cfingerd 1.4.3 and earlier with the ALLOW_LINE_PARSING option enabled… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.2
  • TI-1999-00659 Buffer overflow in cfingerd allows local users to gain root privileges via a long GECOS field. CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.2
  • TI-1999-00763 Cfingerd with ALLOW_EXECUTION enabled does not properly drop privileges when it executes… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.2
  • TI-1999-00256 cfingerd lists all users on a system via search.**@target. CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.0

Sources

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