VDB-94860 · OSVDB 16128

Sendmail Command Line privileges management

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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Sendmail (Mail Server Software) (version unknown). Affected is an unknown part of the component Command Line. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privilege escalation vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-269. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was published 06/02/1985 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at mit.edu. The exploitability is told to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. A authentication is necessary for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

Similar entries are available at 76406, 94837, 94839 and 94843.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.1

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Class: Privilege escalation
CWE: CWE-269
ATT&CK: Unknown

Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Recommended: Upgrade
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06/02/1985 🔍
05/08/2005 +7279 days 🔍
01/02/2017 +4256 days 🔍
07/13/2020 +1288 days 🔍

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Advisory: mit.edu
Status: Not defined
OSVDB: 16128 - Sendmail Unspecified Command Line Argument Issue

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Created: 01/02/2017 05:17 PM
Updated: 07/13/2020 09:51 AM
Changes: (2) software_type vulnerability_cwe
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