CVE-1999-1512 describes a critical command injection vulnerability in AMaViS virus scanner version 0.2.0-pre4 and earlier. This flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands with root privileges by embedding shell metacharacters within the reply-to field of an infected email. With a CVSS score of 10.0, this vulnerability presents a severe risk due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its high severity and age, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 0.2_pre4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:amavis:virus_scanner:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.