CVE-1999-1021

Published Dec 30, 1992

Last updated 7 years ago

Overview

Description: NFS on SunOS 4.1 through 4.1.2 ignores the high order 16 bits in a 32 bit UID, which allows a local user to gain root access if the lower 16 bits are set to 0, as fixed by the NFS jumbo patch upgrade.
Source: cve@mitre.org
NVD status: Modified

Hype score: Not currently trending

Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type: Primary
Base score: 7.2
Impact score: 10
Exploitability score: 3.9
Vector string: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: NVD-CWE-Other

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "B5955AC0-3036-4943-B6BD-52DD3E039089"
          },
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:4.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "92B19A06-832D-4974-9D08-2CE787228592"
          },
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:4.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "E3A07C67-66FB-4ECF-BECB-C2BE72A80F3B"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

Overview

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Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Weaknesses

Configurations

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