CVE-1999-1309

Published Aug 30, 1996

Last updated 7 years ago

Overview

Description: Sendmail before 8.6.7 allows local users to gain root access via a large value in the debug (-d) command line option.
Source: cve@mitre.org
NVD status: Modified

Hype score: Not currently trending

Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type: Primary
Base score: 7.2
Impact score: 10
Exploitability score: 3.9
Vector string: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: NVD-CWE-Other

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "21B4A707-2F44-447E-A134-05EE7C848EE0",
            "versionEndIncluding": "8.6.7"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

References