CVE-1999-1580
N/A
Published: April 21, 2005 at 04:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 09:50 PM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsSunosSendmail
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%
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.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (5)
x_refsource_MISCExploit
Source: [email protected]
http://www.alw.nih.gov/Security/8lgm/8lgm-Advisory-21.htmlThird Party Advisoryx_refsource_AUSCERTVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.auscert.org.au/render.html?it=1853&cid=1978Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_CERTPatchUS Government Resource
Source: [email protected]
http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-95.11.sun.sendmail-oR.vulThird Party Advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNUS Government Resource
Source: [email protected]
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/3278Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-Other
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