CVE Catalog

CVE-1999-1580

High
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Elevated risk
1.12%

62th percentile - higher than 62% of all known CVEs

Summary

SunOS sendmail versions 5.59 through 5.65 uses popen to process a forwarding host argument, allowing local users to gain root privileges by modifying the IFS variable and passing crafted values to the -oR option.

Risk Assessment

Local users can gain unauthorized access to administrator privileges, posing a serious security threat to the system.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update sendmail to the latest version to mitigate this vulnerability and restrict system access for unauthorized users.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

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.

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