PT-1995-1011 · Sendmail · Sendmail

Published 1995-08-17 · Updated 2022-08-17 · CVE-1999-0203

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

10

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Sendmail (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue allows attackers to gain root privileges via SMTP by specifying an improper mail from address and an invalid rcpt to address that would cause the mail to bounce to a program.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Related Identifiers

CVE-1999-0203

Affected Products

Sendmail

References · 2

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-1999-0203 · Security Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/CVE-1999-0203 · Note