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.
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cve-icon 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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cve-icon 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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