VulnerabilityModified
CVE-1999-0769
Vixie Cron on Linux systems allows local users to set parameters of sendmail commands via the MAILTO environmental variable.
HIGH 7.2EPSS 0.80%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.80%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Vixie Cron on Linux systems allows local users to set parameters of sendmail commands via the MAILTO environmental variable.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.2 HIGHAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 0.80% probability · 55th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- paul vixie/vixie cron · caldera/openlinux · debian/debian linux · redhat/linux
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.