7.5

CVE-2002-2261: sendmail

CVSS: 7.5v2.0HighModified
AliasesDEBIAN-CVE-2002-2261
Published 18-10-2007Last modified 08-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2002-2261 is a high (CVSS 7.5) vulnerability in sendmail. EPSS estimates a 2.00% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 80.5% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
30/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
2.00%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 18-10-2007
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 08-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Sendmail 8.9.0 through 8.12.6 allows remote attackers to bypass relaying restrictions enforced by the 'check_relay' function by spoofing a blank DNS hostname.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

2.00%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

81%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 2.00% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
2.00%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • sendmail< 8.12.7
Sendmail1 product
  • sendmail8.9.0 | 8.9.1 | 8.9.2 | 8.9.3 | 8.10 | 8.10.0 | 8.10.1 | 8.10.2 | 8.11.0 | 8.11.1 | 8.11.2 | 8.11.3 | 8.11.4 | 8.11.5 | 8.11.6 | 8.11.7 | 8.12:beta10 | 8.12:beta12 | 8.12:beta16 | 8.12:beta5 | 8.12:beta7 | 8.12.0 | 8.12.1 | 8.12.2 | 8.12.3 | 8.12.4 | 8.12.5 | 8.12.6

2 vendors · 2 products

References

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