Berkeley Sendmail 8.7/8.8/8.8.1/8.8.2 Daemon Mode privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Berkeley Sendmail 8.7/8.8/8.8.1/8.8.2. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Daemon Mode. The manipulation leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-1999-0130. Furthermore, an exploit is available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Berkeley Sendmail 8.7/8.8/8.8.1/8.8.2 (Mail Server Software) and classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Daemon Mode. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

local users can start sendmail in daemon mode and gain root privileges.

The weakness was published 11/16/1996 by Leshka Zakharoff as not defined posting (Bugtraq). It is possible to read the advisory at securityfocus.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-1999-0130. The exploitation is known to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. We expect the 0-day to have been worth approximately $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 11346 (Sendmail < 8.8.3 Daemon Mode Local Privilege Escalation), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family SMTP problems. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 74116 (Berkeley Sendmail Daemon Mode Vulnerability).

Upgrading to version 8.8.3 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 1 days after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (1837), Exploit-DB (19556), Tenable (11346), SecurityFocus (BID 716†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-730†). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 11346
Nessus Name: Sendmail < 8.8.3 Daemon Mode Local Privilege Escalation
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OpenVAS ID: 11346
OpenVAS Name: Sendmail 8.7.*/8.8.* local overflow
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Sendmail 8.8.3

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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Researcher: Leshka Zakharoff
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-1999-0130 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-1999-0130
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-13775
X-Force: 1837
SecurityFocus: 716 - Berkeley Sendmail Daemon Mode Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 730 - Berkeley Sendmail in Daemon Mode Allows Local Privilege Elevation, Medium

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 06/17/2014 17:39
Updated: 10/27/2025 10:37
Changes: 06/17/2014 17:39 (65), 07/03/2017 09:12 (9), 06/23/2021 02:30 (3), 12/02/2024 06:31 (25), 10/27/2025 10:37 (2)
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