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9.4	$0-$5k	0.00

A vulnerability was found in Eric Allman Sendmail 8.6.10 (Mail Server Software). It has been rated as very critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown function of the component Mail From Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a improper authentication vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-287. When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

in sendmail attackers can 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.

The weakness was released 08/17/1995. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-1999-0203. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 06/23/2021). This vulnerability has a historic impact due to its background and reception.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 10258 (Sendmail MAIL FROM Command Arbitrary Remote Command Execution), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family SMTP problems.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. Attack attempts may be identified with Snort ID 662.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (518) and Tenable (10258). Entry connected to this vulnerability is available at VDB-13707.

Productinfo

Type

• Mail Server Software

Vendor

• Eric Allman

Name

• Sendmail

Version

• 8.6.10

License

• open-source

CPE 2.3info

• 🔍

CPE 2.2info

• 🔍

CVSSv4info

VulDB CVSS-B Score: 🔍
VulDB CVSS-BT Score: 🔍
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 9.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 9.4

VulDB Base Score: 9.8
VulDB Temp Score: 9.4
VulDB Vector: 🔍
VulDB Reliability: 🔍

CVSSv2info

AV	AC	Au	C	I	A
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💳	💳	💳	💳	💳	💳
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Vector	Complexity	Authentication	Confidentiality	Integrity	Availability
unlock	unlock	unlock	unlock	unlock	unlock
unlock	unlock	unlock	unlock	unlock	unlock
unlock	unlock	unlock	unlock	unlock	unlock

VulDB Base Score: 🔍
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VulDB Reliability: 🔍

NVD Base Score: 🔍

Exploitinginfo

Class: Improper authentication
CWE: CWE-287
CAPEC: 🔍
ATT&CK: 🔍

Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

EPSS Score: 🔍
EPSS Percentile: 🔍

Price Prediction: 🔍
Current Price Estimation: 🔍

0-Day	unlock	unlock	unlock	unlock
Today	unlock	unlock	unlock	unlock

Nessus ID: 10258
Nessus Name: Sendmail MAIL FROM Command Arbitrary Remote Command Execution
Nessus File: 🔍
Nessus Risk: 🔍
Nessus Family: 🔍

Threat Intelligenceinfo

Interest: 🔍
Active Actors: 🔍
Active APT Groups: 🔍

Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔍
Snort ID: 662
Snort Message: SERVER-MAIL Sendmail 5.5.5 exploit
Snort Class: 🔍
McAfee IPS: 🔍
McAfee IPS Version: 🔍

SourceFire IPS: 🔍

Timelineinfo

08/17/1995 🔍
08/17/1995 +0 days 🔍
08/17/1995 +0 days 🔍
08/22/1999 +1466 days 🔍
11/25/2002 +1191 days 🔍
06/17/2014 +4222 days 🔍
06/23/2021 +2562 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-1999-0203 (🔍)
X-Force: 518
Vulnerability Center: 230 - Buffer Overflow in Sendmail, High
SecurityFocus: 2308

See also: 🔍

Entryinfo

Created: 06/17/2014 16:33
Updated: 06/23/2021 01:35
Changes: 06/17/2014 16:33 (57), 07/03/2017 09:11 (9), 06/23/2021 01:35 (3)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 18:924:103

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