| Vulnerability Name: | CVE-1999-1468 (CCN-7160) | ||||||||
| Assigned: | 1991-04-23 | ||||||||
| Published: | 1991-04-23 | ||||||||
| Updated: | 2008-09-10 | ||||||||
| Summary: | rdist in various UNIX systems uses popen to execute sendmail, which allows local users to gain root privileges by modifying the IFS (Internal Field Separator) variable. | ||||||||
| CVSS v3 Severity: | 8.1 High (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H)
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| CVSS v2 Severity: | 6.2 Medium (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
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| Vulnerability Type: | CWE-Other | ||||||||
| Vulnerability Consequences: | Gain Access | ||||||||
| References: | Source: MITRE Type: CNA CVE-1999-1468 Source: CCN Type: Sun Microsystems, Inc. Security Bulletin #00110 Vulnerability with the rdist(1) command Source: CCN Type: Sun Microsystems, Inc. Security Bulletin #00113 rdist can be used to create a setuid root shell. Source: CCN Type: Sun Microsystems, Inc. Security Bulletin #00115 rdist Source: CCN Type: 8lgm Advisory #01 [8lgm]-Advisory-1.UNIX.rdist.23-Apr-1991 Source: MISC Type: UNKNOWN http://www.alw.nih.gov/Security/8lgm/8lgm-Advisory-01.html Source: CCN Type: CERT Advisory CA-1991-20 /usr/ucb/rdist Vulnerability Source: CERT Type: Patch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource CA-91.20 Source: XF Type: UNKNOWN rdist-popen-gain-privileges(7160) Source: OSVDB Type: UNKNOWN 8106 Source: CCN Type: OSVDB ID: 8106 Multiple UNIX Vendor rdist popen IFS Variable Privilege Escalation Source: BID Type: Patch, Vendor Advisory 31 Source: CCN Type: BID-31 Multiple Vendor rdist(1) Vulnerability (1991) Source: XF Type: UNKNOWN rdist-popen-gain-privileges(7160) | ||||||||
| Vulnerable Configuration: | Configuration 1: Configuration 2: Configuration CCN 1:  Denotes that component is vulnerable | ||||||||
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