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.
References
Link | Resource |
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http://www.alw.nih.gov/Security/8lgm/8lgm-Advisory-21.html | Exploit |
http://www.auscert.org.au/render.html?it=1853&cid=1978 | Vendor Advisory |
http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-95.11.sun.sendmail-oR.vul | Patch Third Party Advisory US Government Resource |
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/3278 | Third Party Advisory US Government Resource |
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/7829 |
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MITRE Information
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: 2005-04-21T04:00:00
Updated: 2021-06-15T16:40:47
Reserved: 2005-04-21T00:00:00
Link: CVE-1999-1580
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NVD Information
Status : Analyzed
Published: 1995-08-23T04:00:00.000
Modified: 2008-09-05T20:19:51.897
Link: CVE-1999-1580
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CWE