CVE-1999-1580

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.

CVSS v2.0 7.2 HIGH

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CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

V2 Legend

Vector : AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 10.0

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact COMPLETE

Integrity Impact COMPLETE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

References

Link	Resource
http://www.alw.nih.gov/Security/8lgm/8lgm-Advisory-21.html	Exploit
http://www.auscert.org.au/render.html?it=1853&cid=1978	Vendor Advisory
http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-95.11.sun.sendmail-oR.vul	Patch Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/3278	Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7829

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:5.59:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:5.65:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:5.61:::::::*

Configuration 2 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:4.1.3c:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:4.1.4:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:4.1.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:4.1.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:4.1.3:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:4.1.3u1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:4.1.4jl:::::::*

Information

Published : 1995-08-22 21:00

Updated : 2008-09-05 13:19

NVD link : CVE-1999-1580

Mitre link : CVE-1999-1580

JSON object : View

CWE

NVD-CWE-Other

Products Affected

sendmail

sendmail

sun

sunos

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