## Description

Sendmail allows local users to write to a file and gain group permissions via a .forward or :include: file.

## Severity

Overall Severity: N/A

### CVSS Metrics

Type | Score | Severity | Vector
--- | --- | --- | ---

## Affected Products

### eric_allman - sendmail

Affected Versions:

- 8.8

### eric_allman - sendmail

Affected Versions:

- 8.8.1

### eric_allman - sendmail

Affected Versions:

- 8.8.2

### eric_allman - sendmail

Affected Versions:

- 8.8.3

### bsdi - bsd_os

Affected Versions:

- 2.1

### freebsd - freebsd

Affected Versions:

- 2.1.5

### freebsd - freebsd

Affected Versions:

- 2.1.6

### freebsd - freebsd

Affected Versions:

- 2.1.6.1

### hp - hp-ux

Affected Versions:

- 10.00

### hp - hp-ux

Affected Versions:

- 10.01

### hp - hp-ux

Affected Versions:

- 10.10

### hp - hp-ux

Affected Versions:

- 10.16

### hp - hp-ux

Affected Versions:

- 10.20

### ibm - aix

Affected Versions:

- 3.2

### ibm - aix

Affected Versions:

- 4.1

### ibm - aix

Affected Versions:

- 4.2

### sco - internet_faststart

Affected Versions:

- 1.0

### sco - internet_faststart

Affected Versions:

- 1.1

### sco - openserver

Affected Versions:

- 5.0

### sco - openserver

Affected Versions:

- 5.0.2

### sun - solaris

Affected Versions:

- 2.4

### sun - solaris

Affected Versions:

- 2.5

### sun - solaris

Affected Versions:

- 2.5.1

### sun - sunos

Affected Versions:

- 4.1.3u1

### sun - sunos

Affected Versions:

- 4.1.4

### sun - sunos

Affected Versions:

- 5.3

### sun - sunos

Affected Versions:

- 5.4

### sun - sunos

Affected Versions:

- 5.5

### sun - sunos

Affected Versions:

- 5.5.1

## References

- http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-1996-25.html
- http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-1996-25.html

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