CVE-1999-0203

Published Aug 17, 1995

Last updated 3 months ago

Overview

Description: In Sendmail, attackers can gain root privileges via SMTP by specifying an improper "mail from" address and an invalid "rcpt to" address that would cause the mail to bounce to a program.
Source: cve@mitre.org
NVD status: Modified

Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type: Primary
Base score: 10
Impact score: 10
Exploitability score: 10
Vector string: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: NVD-CWE-Other

Hype score: Not currently trending

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:eric_allman:sendmail:8.6.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "C39E29CD-70F7-4C96-93DD-18BD4C6DDFA4"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

References