Vixie Cron 3.0 Pl1 Sendmail Command MAILTO privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Vixie Cron 3.0 Pl1 and classified as problematic. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component Sendmail Command Handler. The manipulation of the argument MAILTO as part of Environment Variable results in privileges management. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-1999-0769. Moreover, an exploit is present. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Vixie Cron 3.0 Pl1. It has been classified as critical. Affected is an unknown code of the component Sendmail Command Handler. The manipulation of the argument MAILTO as part of a Environment Variable leads to a privileges management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

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

The weakness was disclosed 08/25/1999 with Redhat (Website). The advisory is available at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-1999-0769. The exploitability is told to be easy. Local access is required to approach this attack. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Technical details and a public exploit are known. This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The exploit is shared for download at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Exploit-DB (19474) and SecurityFocus (BID 611†). The entry VDB-14803 is pretty similar. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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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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Recommended: Upgrade
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06/21/2014 +5414 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Organization: Redhat
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-1999-0769 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-1999-0769
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-14802
SecurityFocus: 611 - Vixie Cron MAILTO Sendmail Vulnerability

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

Created: 06/21/2014 21:35
Updated: 09/19/2024 20:25
Changes: 06/21/2014 21:35 (48), 05/21/2018 10:10 (6), 09/19/2024 20:25 (25)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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