7.2
CVSSv2

CVE-1999-0769

Published: 25/08/1999 Updated: 09/09/2008
CVSS v2 Base Score: 7.2 | Impact Score: 10 | Exploitability Score: 3.9
VMScore: 725
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Vulnerability Summary

Vixie Cron on Linux systems allows local users to set parameters of sendmail commands via the MAILTO environmental variable.

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paul vixie vixie cron 3.0_pl1

redhat linux 5.1

redhat linux 5.2

redhat linux 6.0

redhat linux 4.0

redhat linux 4.2

caldera openlinux 2.2

debian debian linux 2.1

debian debian linux 2.2

redhat linux 4.1

redhat linux 5.0

Exploits

Caldera OpenLinux 22 ,Debian Linux 21/22,RedHat Linux <= 60 Vixie Cron MAILTO Sendmail Vulnerability source: wwwsecurityfocuscom/bid/611/info Failure by the vixie cron daemon from validating the contents of a user supplied environment variable allow a malicious users to pass arbitrary command line arguments to sendmail while runni ...