Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Nov 16, 1996· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-1999-0130

Description

Local users can start Sendmail in daemon mode and gain root privileges.

LLM-synthesized narrative grounded in this CVE's description and references.

Caldera/Network Desktop
cpe:2.3:a:caldera:network_desktop:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Eric Allman/Sendmail4 versions
cpe:2.3:a:eric_allman:sendmail:8.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 3 more
- cpe:2.3:a:eric_allman:sendmail:8.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:eric_allman:sendmail:8.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:eric_allman:sendmail:8.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:eric_allman:sendmail:8.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Bsdi/BSD OS
cpe:2.3:o:bsdi:bsd_os:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
FreeBSD/FreeBSD2 versions
cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:2.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:2.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:2.1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Microfocus/Hpux4 versions
cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:10.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 3 more
- cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:10.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:10.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:10.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:10.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
IBM/Aix
cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Red Hat/Linux
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Sendmail, Inc./Sendmailllm-fuzzy