In Sendmail, attackers can gain root privileges via SMTP by specifying an improper "mail from" address and an invalid "rcpt to" address that would cause the mail to bounce to a program.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2000-04-25T04:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-01T16:27:57.940Z

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

Link: CVE-1999-0203

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 1995-08-17T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2022-08-17T07:15:13.717

Link: CVE-1999-0203

cve-icon Redhat

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