7.2
CVSSv2

CVE-1999-0841

Published: 30/11/1999 Updated: 30/10/2018
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

Buffer overflow in CDE mailtool allows local users to gain root privileges via a long MIME Content-Type.

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Exploits

source: wwwsecurityfocuscom/bid/832/info here are three buffer overflow vulnerabilities in the CDE mail utilities, all of which are installed sgid mail by default The first is exploited through overrunning a buffer in the Content-Type: field, which would look something like this: Content-Type: image/aaaaaaaa long 'a' aaaaaa; name="test ...