CVE Database · CVE-2014-3956
CVSS v3.1
N/A
EPSS
0.64%
Published
Jun 4, 2014
Modified
May 6, 2026
Public PoC / Exploit (1)
All weaponized →Links to public security research (Exploit-DB, Nuclei, Trickest, GitHub) for defensive use only.
Description
The sm_close_on_exec function in conf.c in sendmail before 8.14.9 has arguments in the wrong order, and consequently skips setting expected FD_CLOEXEC flags, which allows local users to access unintended high-numbered file descriptors via a custom mail-delivery program.
Weaknesses (CWE)
Affected Products (56)
References (20)
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