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CVE-2002-2261
Sendmail 8.9.0 through 8.12.6 allows remote attackers to bypass relaying restrictions enforced by the 'check_relay' function by spoofing a…
High7.5EPSS 2.0%
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- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
Sendmail 8.9.0 through 8.12.6 allows remote attackers to bypass relaying restrictions enforced by the 'check_relay' function by spoofing a blank DNS hostname.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.5 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.0% · top 19% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.5.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (8)
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:6892 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- http://www.sendmail.org/8.12.7.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- ADV-2009-3539 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:8512 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- 1005748 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 6548 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- sendmail-check-relay-bypass(10775) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 7826 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .