CVE-1999-0769

Exp

Vixie Cron on Linux systems allows local users to set parameters of sendmail commands via the MAILTO environmental variable.

Published: 1999-08-25 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-1999-0769 is rated High Exploit Risk (62.3/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.80%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-1999-0769

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
19474 exploit_db edb 1999-08-25 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-1999-0769

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 2026-06-15 0.38% 0.80% +0.42%
2 2025-10-28 0.15% 0.38% +0.23%
3 2025-03-17 — 0.15% —

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-1999-0769

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-1999-0769

Affected software / configurations for CVE-1999-0769

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
paul_vixie vixie_cron 3.0_pl1 cpe:2.3:a:paul_vixie:vixie_cron:3.0_pl1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
caldera openlinux 2.2 cpe:2.3:o:caldera:openlinux:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 2.1 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian_linux 2.2 cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat linux 4.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat linux 4.1 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat linux 4.2 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat linux 5.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat linux 5.1 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat linux 5.2 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:5.2:*:i386:*:*:*:*:*
redhat linux 6.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:6.0:*:i386:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-1999-0769

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