Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Aug 25, 1999· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-1999-0769

Description

Vixie Cron on Linux systems allows local users to set parameters of sendmail commands via the MAILTO environmental variable.

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

Paul Vixie/Vixie Cron
cpe:2.3:a:paul_vixie:vixie_cron:3.0_pl1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Caldera/Openlinux
cpe:2.3:o:caldera:openlinux:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Debian/linux2 versions
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Red Hat/Linux7 versions
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 6 more
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:5.2:*:i386:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:6.0:*:i386:*:*:*:*:*
Vixie/Cronllm-fuzzy