CVE-2000-0861 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Mailman 1.1 allows list administrators to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the %(listname) macro expansion.

Published: 2001-01-22

Score: 7.2 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:gnu:mailman:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2000-0848	Mailman 1.1 allows list administrators to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the %(listname) macro expansion.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00675.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2000-09/0040.html
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/freebsd/2000-09/0112.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1667
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/5493

History

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Subscriptions

Gnu Mailman

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2001-01-22T05:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T05:37:30.653Z

Reserved: 2000-10-18T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2000-0861

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2000-11-14T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-06-16T21:52:37.287

Link: CVE-2000-0861

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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