LOW
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 Jun 28, 2005
2.1
LOWCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.93%
Description
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.
Affected products
No data.
OR
- 8.9.0
- 8.9.1
- 8.9.2
- 8.9.3
- 8.10
- 8.10.1
- 8.10.2
- 8.11.0
- 8.11.1
- 8.11.2
- 8.11.3
- 8.11.4
- 8.11.5
- 8.11.6
- 8.12
- 8.12
- 8.12
- 8.12
- 8.12
- 8.12.0
- 8.12.1
- 8.12.2
- 8.12.3
No data.
No Red Hat product state for this CVE.
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
2.1 LOW NVD
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
0.93% 0.00928
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.00928
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.93% (0.00928) | 59.11th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.93% (0.00928) | 55.71th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.40% (0.00395) | 58.27th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00043) | 11.52th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00043) | 9.60th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00043) | 7.57th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.76% (0.01761) | 76.53th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 1.76% (0.01761) | 76.48th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.76% (0.01761) | 74.44th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.76% (0.01761) | 53.69th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (0)
No CWE recorded.
References (4)
- http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/274033 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9162.php vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4822 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploit
- http://www.sendmail.org/LockingAdvisory.txt x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/274033 | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9162.php | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4822 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploit | |
| http://www.sendmail.org/LockingAdvisory.txt | x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Jun 28, 2005
Updated Aug 8, 2024
Reserved Jun 29, 2005
Link CVE-2002-1827
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a