CVE

CVE-1999-1580

Severity:
Pending analysis
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
23/08/1995
Last modified:
05/09/2008

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.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.20 HIGH
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0
7.20
Severity 2.0
HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:5.59:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:5.61:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:5.65:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:4.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:4.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:4.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:4.1.3c:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:4.1.3u1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:4.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:4.1.4jl:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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