CVE-1999-1580
Current 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.
Basic Data
Published | August 23, 1995 |
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Last Modified | September 05, 2008 |
Assigner | cve@mitre.org |
Data Type | CVE |
Data Format | MITRE |
Data Version | 4.0 |
Problem Type | NVD-CWE-Other |
CVE Data Version | 4.0 |
Base Metric V2
CVSS 2 - Version | 2.0 |
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CVSS 2 - Vector String | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
CVSS 2 - Access Vector | LOCAL |
CVSS 2 - Access Complexity | LOW |
CVSS 2 - Authentication | NONE |
CVSS 2 - Confidentiality Impact | COMPLETE |
CVSS 2 - Availability Impact | COMPLETE |
CVSS 2 - Base Score | 7.2 |
Severity | HIGH |
Exploitability Score | 3.9 |
Impact Score | 10.0 |
Obtain All Privilege | true |
Obtain User Privilege | false |
Obtain Other Privilege | false |
Base Metric V3
No data provided.
Configurations
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OR - Configuration 1
Cpe Version Part Vendor Product Version Update Edition Language SW Edition Target SW Target HW Other Version Start Including Version End Including Version Start Excluding Version End Excluding 2.3 Application Sendmail Sendmail 5.59 * * * * * * *