CVE-1999-1309

high

Description

Sendmail before 8.6.7 allows local users to gain root access via a large value in the debug (-d) command line option.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7155

http://www.dataguard.no/bugtraq/1994_1/0078.html

http://www.dataguard.no/bugtraq/1994_1/0048.html

http://www.dataguard.no/bugtraq/1994_1/0043.html

http://www.dataguard.no/bugtraq/1994_1/0042.html

http://www.dataguard.no/bugtraq/1994_1/0040.html

http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-94.12.sendmail.vulnerabilities

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 1996-08-30

Updated: 2017-10-10

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: High