Local Privilege Escalation via Vixie Cron on Linux Systems

CVE-1999-0769 · HIGH Severity

AV:L/AC:L/AU:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Vixie Cron on Linux systems allows local users to set parameters of sendmail commands via the MAILTO environmental variable.

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