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CVE-1999-1580
CVE information
Published
Last Modified
CVSSv2.0 Severity
Impact Analysis
Description
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..
CVSSv2.0 Score
- Severity
- High
- Base Score
- 7.2/10
- Exploit Score
- 3.9/10
- Access Vector
- Local
- Access Complexity
- Low
- Authentication Required
- None
- Impact Score
- 10/10
- Confidentiality Impact
- Complete
- Availability Impact
- Complete
- Integrity Impact
- Complete
Products Affected
| CPE | Affected | Vulnerable | Excluding | Edit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:5.59:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
| cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:5.61:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
| cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:5.65:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
| cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:4.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
| cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:4.1.4jl:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
| cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:4.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
| cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:4.1.3u1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
| cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:4.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
| cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:4.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
| cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:4.1.3c:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - |