CVE-2001-0905

6.2

CVSS v2.0 Base Score

0.32%

LOW RiskEPSS (25th percentile)

NVD-CWE-Other

Race condition in signal handling of procmail 3.20 and earlier, when running setuid, allows local users to cause a denial of service or gain root privileges by sending a signal while a signal handling routine is already running.

Published: 10/18/2001

Modified: 6/16/2026

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Vulnerability Summary

CVSS v2 Score

6.2

AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

EPSS Score (Exploitation Probability)

0.32%LOW Exploitation Risk

25th percentile

This vulnerability has a 0.32% probability of being exploited in the next 30 days, ranking higher than 25% of all scored CVEs.

CWE Classification

NVD-CWE-Other

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