CVE-1999-0096 describes a vulnerability in Sendmail's decode alias functionality, allowing an attacker to overwrite sensitive files. This medium-severity vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating it can be exploited remotely with low attack complexity and without authentication, leading to potential data integrity compromise. Despite its age, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:bsdi:bsd_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.1.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:2.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.1.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:2.1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.1.6.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:2.1.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:sco:internet_faststart:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.