CVE-1999-0206 describes a critical MIME buffer overflow vulnerability in Sendmail versions 8.8.0 and 8.8.1. This flaw allows an unauthenticated attacker to gain root access to affected systems over the network, as indicated by its CVSS score of 10.0 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C). Despite its high severity and potential for complete compromise, there is no public exploit code available, nor is it listed on the CISA KEV catalog, suggesting it is not actively exploited in the wild. Community discussion and media coverage for this older vulnerability are also nonexistent.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
8.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:eric_allman:sendmail:8.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.8.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:eric_allman:sendmail:8.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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