CVE-1999-1506 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Vulnerability in SMI Sendmail 4.0 and earlier, on SunOS up to 4.0.3, allows remote attackers to access user bin.

Published: 2001-09-12

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: 2.7% Low

KEV: No

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:3.5:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:4.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:4.0.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:4.0.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:4.0.3:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:4.0.3c:::::::*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-1999-1487	Vulnerability in SMI Sendmail 4.0 and earlier, on SunOS up to 4.0.3, allows remote attackers to access user bin.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.02655.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-90.01.sun.sendmail.vulnerability
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Sun Sunos

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2001-09-12T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-01T17:18:07.458Z

Reserved: 2001-08-31T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-1999-1506

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 1990-01-29T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-1999-1506

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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