CVE-1999-1542 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

RPMMail before 1.4 allows remote attackers to execute commands via an e-mail message with shell metacharacters in the "MAIL FROM" command.

Published: 2002-03-09

Score: 10.0 Critical

EPSS: 1.6% 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:o:redhat:linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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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-1999-1523	RPMMail before 1.4 allows remote attackers to execute commands via an e-mail message with shell metacharacters in the "MAIL FROM" command.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

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 0.01633.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=93915641729415&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=93923853105687&w=2
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/3353

History

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Subscriptions

Redhat Linux

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

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

Updated: 2024-08-01T17:18:07.504Z

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

Link: CVE-1999-1542

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 1999-10-04T04:00:00.000

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

Link: CVE-1999-1542

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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