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CVE-1999-1580 Details

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://www.alw.nih.gov/Security/8lgm/8lgm-Advisory-21.html	CVE	Exploit
http://www.auscert.org.au/render.html?it=1853&cid=1978	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-95.11.sun.sendmail-oR.vul	CVE	PatchThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/3278	CVE	Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7829	CVE
http://www.alw.nih.gov/Security/8lgm/8lgm-Advisory-21.html	[email protected]	Exploit
http://www.auscert.org.au/render.html?it=1853&cid=1978	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-95.11.sun.sendmail-oR.vul	[email protected]	PatchThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/3278	[email protected]	Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7829	[email protected]

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
NVD-CWE-Other	Weakness Not in a Standard CWE Category	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
sendmail sendmail	5.59 5.61 5.65
CPE cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:5.59:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:5.61:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:5.65:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
sun sunos	4.1.1 4.1.2 4.1.3 4.1.3c 4.1.3u1
CPE cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:4.1.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:4.1.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:4.1.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:4.1.3c:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:4.1.3u1:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:4.1.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:4.1.4jl:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

5 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 16, 2026		[email protected]
Nov 20, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jan 1, 2004	Initial Analysis	[email protected]