CVE-1999-0130

Local users can start Sendmail in daemon mode and gain root privileges.

CVSS v2.0 7.2 HIGH

7.2^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

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.securityfocus.com/bid/716
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/716

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:caldera:network_desktop:1.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:eric_allman:sendmail:8.7:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:eric_allman:sendmail:8.8:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:eric_allman:sendmail:8.8.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:eric_allman:sendmail:8.8.2:::::::*

Configuration 2 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:bsdi:bsd_os:2.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:2.1.5:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:2.1.6:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:10.00:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:10.01:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:10.10:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:10.20:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:4.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:4.0:::::::*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 1996-11-16 05:00

Updated : 2026-06-16 21:47

NVD link : CVE-1999-0130

Mitre link : CVE-1999-0130

CVE.ORG link : CVE-1999-0130

JSON object : View

Products Affected

freebsd

freebsd

eric_allman

sendmail

redhat

linux

bsdi

bsd_os

caldera

network_desktop

ibm

aix

hp

hp-ux

CWE

NVD-CWE-Other

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