CVE-2001-1411 (GCVE-0-2001-1411)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2003-10-25 04:00 – Updated: 2024-08-08 04:51
VLAI
Summary
Format string vulnerability in gm4 (aka m4) on Mac OS X may allow local users to gain privileges if gm4 is called by setuid programs.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
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http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/147587 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VN
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/10174.php vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=100368233714229&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
Date Public
2001-10-20 00:00
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