CVE-2003-0285: IBM Aix

Medium severity, CVSS 5.0. EPSS: 5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

IBM AIX 5.2 and earlier distributes Sendmail with a configuration file (sendmail.cf) with the (1) promiscuous_relay, (2) accept_unresolvable_domains, and (3) accept_unqualified_senders features enabled, which allows Sendmail to be used as an open mail relay for sending spam e-mail.

Affected products

• IBM Aix: up to and including 5.2

Published 2003-06-16. Last modified 2026-06-16.