CVE

Id
163  
CVE No.
CVE-1999-0163  
Status
Candidate  
Description
In older versions of Sendmail, an attacker could use a pipe character to execute root commands.  
Phase
Proposed (19990714)  
Votes
ACCEPT(2) Frech, Northcutt | MODIFY(1) Prosser | NOOP(2) Baker, Christey | RECAST(1) Shostack  
Comments
Shostack> there was a "To: |" and a "From: |" attack, which I | think are seperate. | Prosser> older vulnerability, but one additional reference is- | The Ultimate Sendmail Hole List by Markus H・ner @ | bau2.uibk.ac.at/matic/buglist.htm | "|PROGRAM " | Christey> Description needs to be more specific to distinguish between | this and CVE-1999-0203, as alluded to by Adam Shostack