CVE-1999-1309 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Sendmail before 8.6.7 allows local users to gain root access via a large value in the debug (-d) command line option.

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 0.00116.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Sendmail	Sendmail

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-1999-1290	Sendmail before 8.6.7 allows local users to gain root access via a large value in the debug (-d) command line option.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-94.12.sendmail.vulnerabilities
http://www.dataguard.no/bugtraq/1994_1/0040.html
http://www.dataguard.no/bugtraq/1994_1/0042.html
http://www.dataguard.no/bugtraq/1994_1/0043.html
http://www.dataguard.no/bugtraq/1994_1/0048.html
http://www.dataguard.no/bugtraq/1994_1/0078.html
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7155

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2002-03-09T05:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-01T17:11:03.050Z

Reserved: 2001-08-31T00:00:00

Link: CVE-1999-1309

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 1996-08-30T04:00:00.000

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

Link: CVE-1999-1309

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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