CVE-1999-0203 describes a critical vulnerability in Sendmail, specifically affecting versions by Eric Allman. This flaw allows attackers to achieve root privileges by manipulating SMTP "mail from" and "rcpt to" addresses to bounce mail to an arbitrary program. With a CVSS score of 10.0, this vulnerability is highly severe, requiring no authentication and having a low attack complexity, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its age and high severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
8.6.10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:eric_allman:sendmail:8.6.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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