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CVE-1999-1220

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 1997-08-24 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Majordomo 1.94.3 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands when the advertise or noadvertise directive is used in a configuration file, via shell metacharacters in the Reply-To header.

Affected products

• Great Circle Associates Majordomo: through 1.94.3

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/7527
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/502
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/7527
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/502

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