CVE-1999-1468 - rdist in various UNIX systems uses popen to execute sendmail, which allows local users to gain root privileges by modifying the IFS (Internal Field Separator) variable

rdist in various UNIX systems uses popen to execute sendmail, which allows local users to gain root privileges by modifying the IFS (Internal Field Separator) variable

Published Apr 2, 2003

No CVSS score

EPSS 0.34%

Description

rdist in various UNIX systems uses popen to execute sendmail, which allows local users to gain root privileges by modifying the IFS (Internal Field Separator) variable.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (6)

http://www.alw.nih.gov/Security/8lgm/8lgm-Advisory-01.html
x_refsource_MISC
http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-91.20.rdist.vulnerability
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7160.php
vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://www.osvdb.org/8106
vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31
vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-1999-1449
Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
http://www.alw.nih.gov/Security/8lgm/8lgm-Advisory-01.html		x_refsource_MISC
http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-91.20.rdist.vulnerability		third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7160.php		vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://www.osvdb.org/8106		vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31		vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-1999-1449		Advisory

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Apr 2, 2003

Updated Aug 1, 2024

Reserved Aug 31, 2001

Link CVE-1999-1468

CISA Vulnrichment

No data

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-1999-1468

Red Hat

No data

ENISA EUVD

Assigner mitre

Published Apr 2, 2003

Updated Aug 1, 2024

Link EUVD-1999-1449

GitHub

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