CVE-2001-1085

Lmail <2.7 - Local Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2001-1085. PoCs published by Charles Stevenson.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit leverages a race condition in lmail's insecure temporary file handling to overwrite arbitrary files via symbolic link attacks. It brute-forces symlink creation and invokes lmail to write attacker-controlled data to the target file.

Description

Lmail 2.7 and earlier allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by Charles Stevenson · clocallinux
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/20992

This exploit leverages a race condition in lmail's insecure temporary file handling to overwrite arbitrary files via symbolic link attacks. It brute-forces symlink creation and invokes lmail to write attacker-controlled data to the target file.

Classification
Working Poc 95%
Attack Type
Lpe
Complexity
Moderate
Reliability
Racy
Target: lmail (local mail delivery agent)
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Local access to the system · lmail installed setuid root
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6809
Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/195022
Exploit, Vendor Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2984

Scores

EPSS 0.0069
EPSS Percentile 48.0%

Details

Status published
Products (1)
jon_zeeff/lmail 2.7
Published Jul 05, 2001
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026