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CVE-1999-0203

CRITICAL CVSS: 10.0 Published: 1995-08-17 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

In Sendmail, attackers can gain root privileges via SMTP by specifying an improper "mail from" address and an invalid "rcpt to" address that would cause the mail to bounce to a program.

Affected Platforms

Eric Allman Sendmail

Weakness Type

NVD-CWE-Other

References