CVE-1999-0130

Exp

Local users can start Sendmail in daemon mode and gain root privileges.

Published: 1996-11-16 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-1999-0130 is rated High Exploit Risk (69.9/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.89%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-1999-0130

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
19556 exploit_db edb 1996-11-16 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-1999-0130

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-03-30 0.42% 0.89% +0.46%
2 2025-03-29 0.89% 0.42% -0.46%
3 2025-03-19 — 0.89% —

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-1999-0130

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.2 2.0 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 3.9 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-1999-0130

OS Trackers for CVE-1999-0130

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-1999-0130: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-1999-0130

Affected software / configurations for CVE-1999-0130

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
caldera network_desktop 1.0 cpe:2.3:a:caldera:network_desktop:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
eric_allman sendmail 8.7 cpe:2.3:a:eric_allman:sendmail:8.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
eric_allman sendmail 8.8 cpe:2.3:a:eric_allman:sendmail:8.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
eric_allman sendmail 8.8.1 cpe:2.3:a:eric_allman:sendmail:8.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
eric_allman sendmail 8.8.2 cpe:2.3:a:eric_allman:sendmail:8.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bsdi bsd_os 2.1 cpe:2.3:o:bsdi:bsd_os:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
freebsd freebsd 2.1.5 cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:2.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
freebsd freebsd 2.1.6 cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:2.1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
hp hp-ux 10.00 cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:10.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
hp hp-ux 10.01 cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:10.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
hp hp-ux 10.10 cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:10.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
hp hp-ux 10.20 cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:10.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm aix 4.2 cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat linux 4.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-1999-0130

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