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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2005-04-21T04:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-01T17:18:07.526Z

Reserved: 2005-04-21T00:00:00

Link: CVE-1999-1580

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 1995-08-23T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2024-11-20T23:31:27.463

Link: CVE-1999-1580

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