CVE-1999-1468 (GCVE-0-1999-1468)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2003-04-02 05:00 – Updated: 2024-08-01 17:18
VLAI
Summary
rdist in various UNIX systems uses popen to execute sendmail, which allows local users to gain root privileges by modifying the IFS (Internal Field Separator) variable.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://www.alw.nih.gov/Security/8lgm/8lgm-Advisor… x_refsource_MISC
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.osvdb.org/8106 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7160.php vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-91.20.rdist.vul… third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT
Date Public
1991-04-23 00:00
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