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CVE-1999-0130

Local users can start Sendmail in daemon mode and gain root privileges.

Published

1996-11-16T05:00:00.000

Last Modified

2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 7.2 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

  • Access Vector: LOCAL
  • Access Complexity: LOW
  • Authentication: NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact: COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact: COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact: COMPLETE
Exploitability Score

3.9

Impact Score

10.0

Weaknesses
  • Type: Primary
    NVD-CWE-Other
Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Application caldera network_desktop 1.0 Yes
Application eric_allman sendmail 8.7 Yes
Application eric_allman sendmail 8.8 Yes
Application eric_allman sendmail 8.8.1 Yes
Application eric_allman sendmail 8.8.2 Yes
Operating System bsdi bsd_os 2.1 Yes
Operating System freebsd freebsd 2.1.5 Yes
Operating System freebsd freebsd 2.1.6 Yes
Operating System hp hp-ux 10.00 Yes
Operating System hp hp-ux 10.01 Yes
Operating System hp hp-ux 10.10 Yes
Operating System hp hp-ux 10.20 Yes
Operating System ibm aix 4.2 Yes
Operating System redhat linux 4.0 Yes
References