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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Aug 30, 1996· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-1999-1309

CVE-1999-1309

Description

Sendmail before 8.6.7 allows local users to gain root access via a large value in the debug (-d) command line option.

Affected products

2

Sendmail, Inc./Sendmail2 versions
cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=8.6.7
- (no CPE)range: <8.6.7

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

7

www.cert.org/advisories/CA-94.12.sendmail.vulnerabilitiesnvdPatchThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
www.dataguard.no/bugtraq/1994_1/0040.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
www.dataguard.no/bugtraq/1994_1/0042.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
www.dataguard.no/bugtraq/1994_1/0048.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
www.dataguard.no/bugtraq/1994_1/0043.htmlnvd
www.dataguard.no/bugtraq/1994_1/0078.htmlnvd
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7155nvd

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