Vulnerability Report

CVE-2002-1827

Title: Sendmail file lock DoS

DoS

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2002-1827

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo
Published Date Dec 31, 2002
Modified Date Jun 16, 2026
Exploit Status Available
Score 2.1 CVSS v2.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
0.93%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2002-1827: Sendmail 8.9.0 through 8.12.3 allows local users to cause a denial of service by obtaining an exclusive lock on the (1) alias, (2) map, (3) statistics, and (4) pid files.

Impacted Vendors

M
metainfo 1
S
sendmail 1
R
redhat 1
E
eric_allman 1

Reference Links

http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/274033 http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9162.php http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4822 http://www.sendmail.org/LockingAdvisory.txt http://online.securityfocus.com/archive/1/274033 http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/9162.php http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/4822 http://www.sendmail.org/LockingAdvisory.txt
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity LOW
2.1
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2002-1827 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/21476
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Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/21477
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MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A
Complexity N/A
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.