CVE-1999-1309 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Sendmail before 8.6.7 allows local users to gain root access via a large value in the debug (-d) command line option.

Published: 2002-03-09

Score: 7.2 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

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

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-1999-1290	Sendmail before 8.6.7 allows local users to gain root access via a large value in the debug (-d) command line option.

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 0.00116.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-94.12.sendmail.vulnerabilities
http://www.dataguard.no/bugtraq/1994_1/0040.html
http://www.dataguard.no/bugtraq/1994_1/0042.html
http://www.dataguard.no/bugtraq/1994_1/0043.html
http://www.dataguard.no/bugtraq/1994_1/0048.html
http://www.dataguard.no/bugtraq/1994_1/0078.html
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7155

History

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Subscriptions

Sendmail Sendmail

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2002-03-09T05:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-01T17:11:03.050Z

Reserved: 2001-08-31T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-1999-1309

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 1996-08-30T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-1999-1309

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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