CVE-2003-0285

Aix vulnerability

CVSS

5.0

EPSS

5.0%

EPSS pct

91th

Exploited

No known

IBM AIX 5.2 and earlier distributes Sendmail with a configuration file (sendmail.cf) with the (1) promiscuous_relay, (2) accept_unresolvable_domains, and (3) accept_unqualified_senders features enabled, which allows Sendmail to be used as an open mail relay for sending spam e-mail.

Affected vendor

Ibm

Affected product

Aix

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Published

2003-06-16

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to integrity.

Its EPSS score of 5.0% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 91% of all scored CVEs.

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