CVE-1999-0129 — Sendmail allows local users to write to a file and gain group permissions via a .forward or :include: file

Sendmail allows local users to write to a file and gain group permissions via a .forward or :include: file

Published Sep 29, 1999

No CVSS score

EPSS 0.56%

Sendmail allows local users to write to a file and gain group permissions via a .forward or :include: file.

No remediation recorded yet.

0.56% 0.00563

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.00563

2022–2026

Table of values (10 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 2, 2026	0.56% (0.00563)	44.81th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	0.56% (0.00563)	42.15th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.12% (0.00122)	28.76th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.04% (0.00045)	17.90th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
May 1, 2024	0.04% (0.00045)	14.49th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.04% (0.00045)	12.44th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	0.89% (0.00885)	27.89th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 10, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	26.24th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	24.24th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	10.50th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

Link	Providers	Tags
http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-1996-25.html		x_refsource_MISC

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Sep 29, 1999

Updated Aug 1, 2024

Reserved Jun 7, 1999

Updated n/a

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Severity n/a

Public date n/a