CVE-2002-1827

Exp

Sendmail 8.9.0 through 8.12.3 allows local users to cause a denial of service by obtaining an exclusive lock on the (1) alias, (2) map, (3) statistics, and (4) pid files.

Published: 2002-12-31 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2002-1827 is rated Exploit Available (50/100): CVSS Low severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.93%). 3 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-2002-1827

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
21477 exploit_db edb 2002-05-24 Exploit-DB ↗
21476 exploit_db edb 2002-05-24 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2002-1827

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 0.75% 0.93% +0.17%
2 2025-12-16 0.40% 0.75% +0.36%
3 2025-03-17 — 0.40% —

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2002-1827

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
2.1 2.0 LOW
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P 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:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 3.9 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2002-1827

OS Trackers for CVE-2002-1827

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2002-1827 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (sendmail), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2002-1827

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2002-1827

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
sendmail sendmail 8.9.0 cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sendmail sendmail 8.9.1 cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sendmail sendmail 8.9.2 cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sendmail sendmail 8.9.3 cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.9.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sendmail sendmail 8.10 cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sendmail sendmail 8.10.1 cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sendmail sendmail 8.10.2 cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.10.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sendmail sendmail 8.11.0 cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sendmail sendmail 8.11.1 cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.11.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sendmail sendmail 8.11.2 cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.11.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sendmail sendmail 8.11.3 cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.11.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sendmail sendmail 8.11.4 cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.11.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sendmail sendmail 8.11.5 cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.11.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sendmail sendmail 8.11.6 cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.11.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sendmail sendmail 8.12 cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.12:beta10:*:*:*:*:*:*
sendmail sendmail 8.12 cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.12:beta12:*:*:*:*:*:*
sendmail sendmail 8.12 cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.12:beta16:*:*:*:*:*:*
sendmail sendmail 8.12 cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.12:beta5:*:*:*:*:*:*
sendmail sendmail 8.12 cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.12:beta7:*:*:*:*:*:*
sendmail sendmail 8.12.0 cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sendmail sendmail 8.12.1 cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sendmail sendmail 8.12.2 cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.12.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sendmail sendmail 8.12.3 cpe:2.3:a:sendmail:sendmail:8.12.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2002-1827

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