CVE-1999-1309

High CVSS 7.2

Published 1996-08-30 · last changed 2026-06-16

The fix

We hold no Microsoft remediation data for CVE-1999-1309, which normally means it is not a Windows CVE. For non-Microsoft software the fix is the vendor's own updated release, and the affected versions are listed below.

What it is

Sendmail before 8.6.7 allows local users to gain root access via a large value in the debug (-d) command line option.

Sources

NVD record for CVE-1999-1309

CVSS vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C