Vulnerability in Eric Allman Sendmail

CVE-1999-0204

Sendmail 8.6.9 allows remote attackers to execute root commands, using ident.

Published · last modified .

CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 10.0 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.088 (95.0th percentile), scored .

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 95th percentile — 95.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-1999-0204: held from 0.088 to 0.088.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.088 · newest: 0.088 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-1999-0204?
CVE-1999-0204 is a vulnerability in Eric Allman Sendmail. Published 1997-01-01.
Is CVE-1999-0204 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.