CVE-1999-1434

Published Jul 13, 1998

Last updated 8 years ago

Overview

Description: login in Slackware Linux 3.2 through 3.5 does not properly check for an error when the /etc/group file is missing, which prevents it from dropping privileges, causing it to assign root privileges to any local user who logs on to the server.
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

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  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
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            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "9FDBA67D-84A7-42D6-A994-7C967B6306D3"
          },
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:slackware:slackware_linux:3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "852B55FE-8180-4357-B717-399C16954C6F"
          },
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:slackware:slackware_linux:3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "06F2131E-F9F2-4E65-B95C-B52DB25C69F5"
          },
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:slackware:slackware_linux:3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "E6732144-10D4-4114-A7DA-32157EE3EF38"
          },
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:slackware:slackware_linux:3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "125918E7-53BB-407A-8D95-5D95CDF39A88"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

Overview

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Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Weaknesses

Configurations

References