CVE-1999-1580

Severity

72%

Complexity

39%

Confidentiality

165%

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.

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 2.0 Base Score 7.2. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C).

Overview

Type

Sun SunOS

First reported 29 years ago

1995-08-23 04:00:00

Last updated 16 years ago

2008-09-05 20:19:00

Affected Software

Sun SunOS 4.1.1

4.1.1

Sun SunOS 4.1.2

4.1.2

Sun SunOS 4.1.3

4.1.3

Sun SunOS 4.1.3c

4.1.3c

Sun SunOS 4.1.3u1

4.1.3u1

Sun SunOS 4.1.4

4.1.4

References

http://www.alw.nih.gov/Security/8lgm/8lgm-Advisory-21.html

Exploit

AA-95.09

Vendor Advisory

CA-1995-11

Patch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource

VU#3278

Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource

7829

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