VulnerabilityModified
CVE-1999-1309
Sendmail before 8.6.7 allows local users to gain root access via a large value in the debug (-d) command line option.
HIGH 7.2EPSS 0.44%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.44%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Sendmail before 8.6.7 allows local users to gain root access via a large value in the debug (-d) command line option.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.2 HIGHAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 0.44% probability · 37th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- sendmail/sendmail
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-94.12.sendmail.vulnerabilitiesPatch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://www.dataguard.no/bugtraq/1994_1/0040.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://www.dataguard.no/bugtraq/1994_1/0042.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://www.dataguard.no/bugtraq/1994_1/0043.html
- http://www.dataguard.no/bugtraq/1994_1/0048.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://www.dataguard.no/bugtraq/1994_1/0078.html
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7155
- http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-94.12.sendmail.vulnerabilitiesPatch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://www.dataguard.no/bugtraq/1994_1/0040.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://www.dataguard.no/bugtraq/1994_1/0042.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://www.dataguard.no/bugtraq/1994_1/0043.html
- http://www.dataguard.no/bugtraq/1994_1/0048.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://www.dataguard.no/bugtraq/1994_1/0078.html
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7155
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.