CVE Catalog

CVE-1999-0096

Medium
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Elevated risk
1.28%

66th percentile - higher than 66% of all known CVEs

Summary

A vulnerability in Sendmail allows the use of alias decoding to overwrite sensitive files.

Risk Assessment

An attacker could gain access to critical data, potentially leading to serious security breaches within the organization.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update Sendmail to the latest version and review alias configurations to minimize risk.

Original NVD description (English source)

Sendmail decode alias can be used to overwrite sensitive files.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS