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CVE-1999-0145

📛 CVE Title

Sendmail WIZ command enabled, allowing root access.

Description

No English description in the CVE record.

Description (MITRE) cveawg.mitre.org

Pulled from cveawg.mitre.org/api/cve/CVE-1999-0145 on 2026-06-22. Shown when MITRE's text differs from the cvelistV5 mirror.

Sendmail WIZ command enabled, allowing root access.

Overview

State
PUBLISHED
Assigner (CNA)
microsoft
CVSS severity
CVSS score
CVSS vector
Effective score
no score available from CNA, NVD, or AI yet
CWE(s)
Reserved
Published
2025-10-01 23:10 UTC
Last updated
2025-10-01 23:10 UTC
Source
https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-1999-0145

NVD triage scoring NVD CVE 2.0

Layer NVD adds on top of the CNA's CVE record — published / last-modified timestamps, exploitability / impact subscores, and the FIRST.org EPSS probability that this CVE will be exploited in the wild in the next 30 days.

NVD published
1993-09-30 04:00:00 UTC
NVD last modified
2026-06-16 21:47:41 UTC
EPSS score
0.0098 (probability of exploitation in next 30 days)
EPSS percentile
57.66% vs all CVEs — higher = more likely to be exploited, as of 2026-06-21

NVD / KEV / EPSS data refreshed 2026-06-22 14:18 UTC. Re-run the 🛰 Backfill from NVD button above to refresh.

AI-forensic CVSS estimate

Used only when a CVE has no official CVSS from its CNA or NVD. An LLM estimates the v3.1 base score from the description; a HIGH/CRITICAL estimate promotes the CVE to a Threat.

AI could not derive a confident score from this record (likely RESERVED / REJECTED or too sparse).

European Union Vulnerability Database ENISA EUVD

ENISA's official EU repository for curated vulnerability intelligence. Carries a separate identifier (EUVD-YYYY-NNNN) and frequently exposes an earlier-published description + CVSS than NVD does.

EUVD ID
EUVD-1999-0145
Assigner
mitre
Published
Oct 13, 2000, 4:00:00 AM
Updated
Aug 1, 2024, 4:27:57 PM
EUVD-reported EPSS
0.9900
Vendors
n/a
Products
n/a (n/a)
Aliases
GHSA-r6f2-q5m9-c9hv

ENISA description: Sendmail WIZ command enabled, allowing root access.

EUVD references (7)

Microsoft Security Response Center MSRC

Microsoft's vendor-authoritative record from the Security Update Guide — its own CVSS score, impact, severity rating, exploit assessment, and KB-article fixes. Refreshed 2026-07-10 04:25 UTC (source: CVRF).

MS severity
Important
Release
2000-Oct
Microsoft remediations / KB articles (2)
Microsoft FAQ (1)

Is Azure Linux the only Microsoft product that includes this open-source library and is therefore potentially affected by this vulnerability?

One of the main benefits to our customers who choose to use the Azure Linux distro is the commitment to keep it up to date with the most recent and most secure versions of the open source libraries with which the distro is composed. Microsoft is committed to transparency in this work which is why we began publishing CSAF/VEX in October 2025. See this blog post for more information. If impact to additional products is identified, we will update the CVE to reflect this.

Affected products — CPE 2.3 (1) NVD

NVD's normalized CPE 2.3 matchers, used by vendor tools (vulnerability scanners, asset managers) for automated detection. Compare with the CNA's free-text "Affected products" section above.

  • cpe:2.3:a:eric_allman:sendmail:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Vendor references (0)

References embedded in the original CVE record by the assigning CNA.

None in the CVE record.

MITRE references (7) cveawg.mitre.org

Pulled from MITRE's CVE Services API by the 🛰 Backfill from MITRE button.

Web references (2)

DuckDuckGo results ranked by threat-intel / vendor advisory domains. Generated by the 🔎 Find references (web) button above — same flow as the Remediations search.

NVD-tagged references (14)

Reference list NVD curates from the CNA record, vendor advisories, and third-party reports. The tag chips below are NVD's analyst-assigned categories.

Remediations (10)

  • web:arcraiders.com

    ARC Raiders is a multiplayer extraction adventure, set in a lethal future earth, ravaged by a mysterious mechanized threat known as ARC.

    2026-06-22 16:18 UTC
  • web:blog.qualys.com

    RedSun is a zero-day LPE in Microsoft Defender with no patch available. Learn how to detect and mitigate it instantly using Qualys VMDR and TruRisk™ Eliminate.

    2026-06-22 16:18 UTC
  • web:epatch.pa.gov

    Why does PATCH exist? Its purpose is to better enable the public to obtain criminal history record checks. The repository was created and is maintained in accordance with Pennsylvania's Criminal History Information Act contained in Chapter 91 of Title 18, Crimes Code. This Act also directs the Pennsylvania State Police (PSP) to disseminate criminal history data to criminal justice agencies ...

    2026-06-22 16:18 UTC
  • web:github.com

    About Patch old NFS games and get them running on modern systems. game windows gui dotnet wpf patcher nfs dotnet-framework abandonware need-for-speed Readme MIT license

    2026-06-22 16:18 UTC
  • web:nvd.nist.gov

    The NVD is the U.S. government repository of standards based vulnerability management data represented using the Security Content Automation Protocol (SCAP). This data enables automation of vulnerability management, security measurement, and compliance. The NVD includes databases of security checklist references, security-related software flaws, product names, and impact metrics. For ...

    2026-06-22 16:18 UTC
  • web:patch.com

    The best breaking news, stories, and events from the Patch network of local news sites

    2026-06-22 16:18 UTC
  • web:portal.msrc.microsoft.com

    The Security Update Guide provides information on the latest Microsoft security updates, helping users understand and address potential vulnerabilities effectively.

    2026-06-22 16:18 UTC
  • web:www.cve.org

    At cve .org, we provide the authoritative reference method for publicly known information-security vulnerabilities and exposures

    2026-06-22 16:18 UTC
  • web:www.nist.gov

    NIST maintains the National Vulnerability Database (NVD), a repository of information on software and hardware flaws that can compromise computer security. This is a key piece of the nation's cybersecurity infrastructure.

    2026-06-22 16:18 UTC
  • web:www.patch.moe

    Age Verification Are you 18 years or older? YES NO

    2026-06-22 16:18 UTC

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