CVE-1999-0130 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

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

Published: 1999-09-29

Score: 7.2 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:caldera:network_desktop:1.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:eric_allman:sendmail:8.7:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:eric_allman:sendmail:8.8:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:eric_allman:sendmail:8.8.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:eric_allman:sendmail:8.8.2:::::::*

Configuration 2 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:bsdi:bsd_os:2.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:2.1.5:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:2.1.6:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:10.00:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:10.01:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:10.10:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:10.20:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:4.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:4.0:::::::*

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Remediation

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-1999-0130	Local users can start Sendmail in daemon mode and gain root privileges.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00886.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/716

History

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Subscriptions

Bsdi Bsd Os

Caldera Network Desktop

Eric Allman Sendmail

Freebsd Freebsd

Hp Hp-ux

Ibm Aix

Redhat Linux

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 1999-09-29T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-01T16:27:57.542Z

Reserved: 1999-06-07T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-1999-0130

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 1996-11-16T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Link: CVE-1999-0130

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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