Sendmail up to 8.12.6 SMRSH privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Sendmail up to 8.12.6. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component SMRSH. The manipulation results in privileges management. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2002-1165. Furthermore, there is an exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Sendmail up to 8.12.6 (Mail Server Software). Affected is some unknown processing of the component SMRSH. The manipulation with an unknown input 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:

Sendmail Consortium s Restricted Shell (SMRSH) in Sendmail 8.12.6, 8.11.6-15, and possibly other versions after 8.11 from 5/19/1998, allows attackers to bypass the intended restrictions of smrsh by inserting additional commands after (1) "||" sequences or (2) "/" characters, which are not properly filtered or verified.

The weakness was shared 10/11/2002 by zen-parse (Website). The advisory is available at sendmail.org. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2002-1165. 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 are unknown but a public exploit is available. 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. As 0-day the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 13981 (Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : sendmail (MDKSA-2002:083)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Mandriva Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 74170 (Red Hat Sendmail SMRSH Double Pipe Access Validation Vulnerability).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 2 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (10232), Exploit-DB (21884), Tenable (13981), SecurityFocus (BID 5845†) and Secunia (SA7826†). The entry VDB-19903 is related to this item. 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
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Nessus ID: 13981
Nessus Name: Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : sendmail (MDKSA-2002:083)
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OpenVAS ID: 11321
OpenVAS Name: Sendmail 8.8.8 to 8.12.7 Double Pipe Access Validation Vulnerability
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Recommended: Upgrade
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10/01/2002 🔍
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10/11/2002 +10 days 🔍
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11/28/2002 +48 days 🔍
01/07/2003 +40 days 🔍
06/26/2003 +170 days 🔍
07/31/2004 +401 days 🔍
07/30/2014 +3651 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: sendmail.org
Researcher: zen-parse
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2002-1165 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2002-1165
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-19074
X-Force: 10232
SecurityFocus: 5845 - Sendmail SMRSH Double Pipe Access Validation Vulnerability
Secunia: 7826 - IRIX updates to sendmail, Less Critical
Vulnerability Center: 1326 - SMRSH in Sendmail Allows Command Execution Outside the Restricted Environment, Low

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

Created: 07/30/2014 17:54
Updated: 09/07/2025 12:12
Changes: 07/30/2014 17:54 (71), 05/10/2019 12:39 (8), 03/03/2025 13:39 (27), 09/07/2025 12:12 (2)
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