Vulnerability Report

CVE-2001-0789

Title: Kaspersky KAV avpkeeper format string vulnerability

DoS

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2001-0789.

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo

Published Date Oct 18, 2001

Modified Date Jun 16, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 10.0 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

7.25%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2001-0789: Format string vulnerability in avpkeeper in Kaspersky KAV 3.5.135.2 for Sendmail allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly execute arbitrary code via a malformed mail message.

Impacted Vendors

kaspersky 1

kaspersky_lab 1

Reference Links

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-06/0274.html http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2001-06/0274.html

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity HIGH

10.0

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2001-0789 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

June 16, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 03, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

October 18, 2001 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


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

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.