CVE-1999-0204

Exp

Sendmail 8.6.9 allows remote attackers to execute root commands, using ident.

Published: 1997-01-01 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-1999-0204 is rated High Exploit Risk (81.7/100): CVSS Critical severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 3.19%). 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-1999-0204

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
20599 exploit_db edb 1994-02-24 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-1999-0204

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 2025-10-15 6.71% 3.19% -3.53%
2 2025-03-30 9.41% 6.71% -2.70%
3 2025-03-29 — 9.41% —

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-1999-0204

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
10.0 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
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.
 10.0 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-1999-0204

OS Trackers for CVE-1999-0204

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-1999-0204: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-1999-0204

Affected software / configurations for CVE-1999-0204

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
eric_allman sendmail 8.6.9 cpe:2.3:a:eric_allman:sendmail:8.6.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-1999-0204

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