HIGH
Sendmail 8.9.0 through 8.12.6 allows remote attackers to bypass relaying restrictions enforced by the 'check_relay' function by spoofing a blank DNS hostname
Published Oct 18, 2007
7.5
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 2.00%
Description
Sendmail 8.9.0 through 8.12.6 allows remote attackers to bypass relaying restrictions enforced by the 'check_relay' function by spoofing a blank DNS hostname.
Affected products
No data.
OR
- 8.9.0
- 8.9.1
- 8.9.2
- 8.9.3
- 8.10
- 8.10.0
- 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
- 8.11.7
- 8.12
- 8.12
- 8.12
- 8.12
- 8.12
- 8.12.0
- 8.12.1
- 8.12.2
- 8.12.3
- 8.12.4
- 8.12.5
- 8.12.6
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.
7.5 HIGH NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
2.00% 0.02004
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.02004
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 (12 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.00% (0.02004) | 80.05th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.00% (0.02004) | 78.14th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.49% (0.00491) | 63.54th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 1.54% (0.01543) | 87.65th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 14, 2024 | 1.10% (0.01099) | 84.59th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 6, 2024 | 1.90% (0.01895) | 88.51th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 21, 2024 | 1.93% (0.01933) | 88.36th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Oct 24, 2023 | 1.61% (0.01606) | 85.99th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 1.49% (0.01486) | 84.75th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.97% (0.01974) | 78.97th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.97% (0.01974) | 77.12th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.97% (0.01974) | 56.20th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (9)
- ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20030101-01-P vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SGI
- http://secunia.com/advisories/7826 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1005748 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKPatch
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6548 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatch
- http://www.sendmail.org/8.12.7.html x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3539 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/10775 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6892 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8512 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20030101-01-P | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SGI | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/7826 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory | |
| http://securitytracker.com/id?1005748 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKPatch | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6548 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatch | |
| http://www.sendmail.org/8.12.7.html | x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3539 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/10775 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF | |
| https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6892 | vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL | |
| https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8512 | vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Oct 18, 2007
Updated Aug 8, 2024
Reserved Oct 17, 2007
Link CVE-2002-2261
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a