| Vulnerability Name: | CVE-1999-1580 (CCN-20885) | ||||||||
| Assigned: | 1995-08-23 | ||||||||
| Published: | 1995-08-23 | ||||||||
| Updated: | 2008-09-05 | ||||||||
| Summary: | 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 v3 Severity: | 9.3 Critical (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H)
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| CVSS v2 Severity: | 7.2 High (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
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| Vulnerability Type: | CWE-Other | ||||||||
| Vulnerability Consequences: | Gain Privileges | ||||||||
| References: | Source: MITRE Type: CNA CVE-1999-1580 Source: MISC Type: Exploit http://www.alw.nih.gov/Security/8lgm/8lgm-Advisory-21.html Source: AUSCERT Type: Vendor Advisory AA-95.09 Source: CCN Type: CERT(sm) Advisory CA-95:11 Sun Sendmail -oR Vulnerability Source: CERT Type: Patch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource CA-1995-11 Source: CCN Type: US-CERT VU#3278 SunOS versions of sendmail use popen to return undeliverable mail Source: CERT-VN Type: Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource VU#3278 Source: CCN Type: OSVDB ID: 14880 SunOS Sendmail -oR Option IFS Variable Privilege Escalation Source: BID Type: UNKNOWN 7829 Source: CCN Type: BID-7829 Sendmail V.5 -oR Privilege Escalation Vulnerability Source: CCN Type: Sendmail Web site Sendmail 8.12.10 Source: XF Type: UNKNOWN sunos-sendmail-ifs-gain-privilege(20885) | ||||||||
| Vulnerable Configuration: | Configuration 1: Configuration 2: Configuration CCN 1:  Denotes that component is vulnerable | ||||||||
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