Description
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.
Published: 2000-04-25
Score: 10.0 Critical
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-1999-0203 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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Eric Allman Sendmail
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

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

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

Link: CVE-1999-0203

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

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

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-1999-0203

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