Sendmail .forward File Local Privilege Escalation

high Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 2009

Synopsis

The remote host is vulnerable to a flaw that allows for the bypassing of authentication.

Description

The sendmail server may be vulnerable to a local privilege escalation vulnerability when using .forward files. A local attacker may use this flaw to escalate privileges up to 'root' level. *** Note that Sun did not increase the version number of Sendmail when patching Solaris 7 and 8, so this might be a false positive.

Solution

Upgrade or patch according to vendor recommendations.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 2009

Family: SMTP Servers

Published: 8/18/2004

Updated: 3/6/2019

Nessus ID: 11364

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.2

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.4

Temporal Score: 7.3

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:sun:solaris

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2003-1076

BID: 7033

Detections

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