4.3

CVE-2006-7176: sendmail

CVSS: 4.3v2.0MediumModified
AliasesRHSA-2007:0252
Published 27-03-2007Last modified 07-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2006-7176 is a medium (CVSS 4.3) vulnerability in sendmail. EPSS estimates a 2.00% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 80.4% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
18/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
4.3/10
010
Medium · 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

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1
RHSA-2010:0237

Timeline

  1. 27-03-2007
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 07-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The version of Sendmail 8.13.1-2 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Update 4 and earlier does not reject the "localhost.localdomain" domain name for e-mail messages that come from external hosts, which might allow remote attackers to spoof messages.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

2.00%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

80%

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

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Redhat5 products
  • sendmail< 0:8.13.1-3.2.el4
  • sendmail-cf< 0:8.13.1-3.2.el4
  • sendmail-debuginfo< 0:8.13.1-3.2.el4
  • sendmail-devel< 0:8.13.1-3.2.el4
  • sendmail-doc< 0:8.13.1-3.2.el4
Sendmail1 product

2 vendors · 6 products

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