Description
Sendmail allows local users to write to a file and gain group permissions via a .forward or :include: file.
CVSS Metrics
- Vector
- AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- Access Vector
- local
- Access Cmplx
- low
- Auth
- none
- Confidentiality
- partial
- Integrity
- partial
- Availability
- partial
- Weaknesses
- NVD-CWE-Other
Metadata
- Primary Vendor
- ERIC_ALLMAN
- Published
- 12/3/1996
- Last Modified
- 4/3/2025
- Source
- NIST NVD
- Note: Verify all details with official vendor sources before applying patches.
Affected Products
eric_allman : sendmaileric_allman : sendmaileric_allman : sendmaileric_allman : sendmailbsdi : bsd_osfreebsd : freebsdfreebsd : freebsdfreebsd : freebsdhp : hp-uxhp : hp-uxhp : hp-uxhp : hp-uxhp : hp-uxibm : aixibm : aixibm : aixsco : internet_faststartsco : internet_faststartsco : openserversco : openserversun : solarissun : solarissun : solarissun : sunossun : sunossun : sunossun : sunossun : sunossun : sunos
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