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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jan 1, 1997· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-1999-0163

CVE-1999-0163

Description

In older versions of Sendmail, an attacker could use a pipe character to execute root commands.

Affected products

2

Eric Allman/Sendmail
cpe:2.3:a:eric_allman:sendmail:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Sendmail, Inc./Sendmailllm-fuzzy

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

1

www.cve.org/CVERecordnvd

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