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CVE-1999-1512

• Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 5.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 1999-12-31 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The AMaViS virus scanner 0.2.0-pre4 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands as root via an infected mail message with shell metacharacters in the reply-to field.

Affected products

• Amavis Virus Scanner: through 0.2_pre4

References

• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=93219846414732&w=2
• http://www.amavis.org/ChangeLog.txt
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/527
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/2349
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=93219846414732&w=2
• http://www.amavis.org/ChangeLog.txt
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/527
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/2349

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