CVE-ID

CVE-1999-1438

• CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
Vulnerability in /bin/mail in SunOS 4.1.1 and earlier allows local users to gain root privileges via certain command line arguments.
References
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Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20010831 Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Proposed (20010912)
Votes (Legacy)
ACCEPT(4) Cole, Dik, Foat, Stracener
MODIFY(1) Frech
NOOP(2) Christey, Wall
Comments (Legacy)
 Frech> XF:bsd-binmail(515)
 Dik> sun bug: 1047340
 Christey> Is there overlap between CVE-1999-1415 and CVE-1999-1438?
   Both CERT advisories are vague.

Proposed (Legacy)
20010912
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