Vulnerability in Caldera Openlinux
CVE-1999-0769
Vixie Cron on Linux systems allows local users to set parameters of sendmail commands via the MAILTO environmental variable.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 7.2 (High). Vector: AV:L/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: 0.008 (54.9th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 55th percentile — 54.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.008 · newest: 0.008 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Caldera Openlinux — versions 2.2
- Paul Vixie Cron — versions 3.0_pl1
- Debian Linux — versions 2.1, 2.2
- Red Hat Linux — versions 4.0, 4.1, 4.2
References
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/611 (vdb-entry)