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
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
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

OR - Configuration 1

Cpe Version	Part	Vendor	Product	Version	Update	Edition	Language	SW Edition	Target SW	Target HW	Other
2.3	Application	Sendmail	Sendmail	5.59	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
2.3	Application	Sendmail	Sendmail	5.61	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
2.3	Application	Sendmail	Sendmail	5.65	*	*	*	*	*	*	*

OR - Configuration 2

Cpe Version	Part	Vendor	Product	Version	Update	Edition	Language	SW Edition	Target SW	Target HW	Other
2.3	OS	Sun	Sunos	4.1.1	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
2.3	OS	Sun	Sunos	4.1.2	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
2.3	OS	Sun	Sunos	4.1.3	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
2.3	OS	Sun	Sunos	4.1.3c	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
2.3	OS	Sun	Sunos	4.1.3u1	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
2.3	OS	Sun	Sunos	4.1.4	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
2.3	OS	Sun	Sunos	4.1.4jl	*	*	*	*	*	*	*

Vulnerable Software List

Vendor	Product	Versions
Sendmail	Sendmail	5.59, 5.61, 5.65
Sun	Sunos	4.1.1, 4.1.2, 4.1.3, 4.1.3c, 4.1.3u1, 4.1.4, 4.1.4jl

References

Name	Source	URL	Tags
http://www.alw.nih.gov/Security/8lgm/8lgm-Advisory-21.html	http://www.alw.nih.gov/Security/8lgm/8lgm-Advisory-21.html	MISC	Exploit
AA-95.09	http://www.auscert.org.au/render.html?it=1853&cid=1978	AUSCERT	Vendor Advisory
CA-1995-11	http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-95.11.sun.sendmail-oR.vul	CERT	Patch Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
VU#3278	http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/3278	CERT-VN	Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
7829	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7829	BID