CVE-1999-0769 (GCVE-0-1999-0769)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2000-01-04 05:00 – Updated: 2024-08-01 16:48
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
Vixie Cron on Linux systems allows local users to set parameters of sendmail commands via the MAILTO environmental variable.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
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1 reference
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