Vulnerability in Eric_allman Sendmail

CVE-1999-0163

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

EPSS: 0.004 (35.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-1999-0163?
CVE-1999-0163 is a vulnerability in Eric_allman Sendmail. Published 1997-01-01.
Is CVE-1999-0163 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.