7.2

CVE-1999-1580: sendmail

CVSS: 7.2v2.0HighModified
Published 21-04-2005Last modified 01-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-1999-1580 is a high (CVSS 7.2) vulnerability in sendmail. EPSS estimates a 1.10% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 65.2% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Overall risk
39/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.2/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.10%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1reference

Timeline

  1. 21-04-2005
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 01-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

SunOS sendmail 5.59 through 5.65 uses popen to process a forwarding host argument, which allows local users to gain root privileges by modifying the IFS (Internal Field Separator) variable and passing crafted values to the -oR option.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

1.10%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

65%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 1.10% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
1.10%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

1 found
  • referenceUnverified

    Exploit Reference (alw.nih.gov)

    Maturity: unknown

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Sendmail1 product
Sun1 product
  • sunos4.1.1 | 4.1.2 | 4.1.3 | 4.1.3c | 4.1.3u1 | 4.1.4 | 4.1.4jl

2 vendors · 2 products

References

5 links