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CVE-1999-1580

SunOS sendmail 5.59 through 5.65 uses popen to process a forwarding host argument, which allows local users to gain root privileges by modifying the IFS (Internal Field Separator) variable and passing crafted values to the -oR option.

Published

1995-08-23T04:00:00.000

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	sendmail	sendmail	5.59	Yes
Application	sendmail	sendmail	5.61	Yes
Application	sendmail	sendmail	5.65	Yes
Operating System	sun	sunos	4.1.1	Yes
Operating System	sun	sunos	4.1.2	Yes
Operating System	sun	sunos	4.1.3	Yes
Operating System	sun	sunos	4.1.3c	Yes
Operating System	sun	sunos	4.1.3u1	Yes
Operating System	sun	sunos	4.1.4	Yes
Operating System	sun	sunos	4.1.4jl	Yes

References

http://www.alw.nih.gov/Security/8lgm/8lgm-Advisory-21.html Exploit ([email protected])
http://www.auscert.org.au/render.html?it=1853&cid=1978 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-95.11.sun.sendmail-oR.vul Patch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource ([email protected])
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/3278 Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7829 ([email protected])
http://www.alw.nih.gov/Security/8lgm/8lgm-Advisory-21.html Exploit (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.auscert.org.au/render.html?it=1853&cid=1978 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-95.11.sun.sendmail-oR.vul Patch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/3278 Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7829 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)