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CVE-1999-1512

The AMaViS virus scanner 0.2.0-pre4 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands as root via an infected mail message with shell metacharacters in the reply-to field.

Published

1999-12-31T05:00:00.000

Last Modified

2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 10.0 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: COMPLETE
Integrity Impact: COMPLETE
Availability Impact: COMPLETE

Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

10.0

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	amavis	virus_scanner	≤ 0.2_pre4	Yes

References

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=93219846414732&w=2 ([email protected])
http://www.amavis.org/ChangeLog.txt Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/527 Patch, Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/2349 ([email protected])
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=93219846414732&w=2 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.amavis.org/ChangeLog.txt Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/527 Patch, Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/2349 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)