CVE-1999-1471
Published Jan 1, 1989
Last updated 16 years ago
Overview
- Description
- Buffer overflow in passwd in BSD based operating systems 4.3 and earlier allows local users to gain root privileges by specifying a long shell or GECOS field.
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
- NVD status
- Analyzed
Social media
- 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:bsd:bsd:4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
"vulnerable": true,
"matchCriteriaId": "32E0E862-63E6-42DA-8CCC-AAAC581FE211"
},
{
"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:bsd:bsd:4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
"vulnerable": true,
"matchCriteriaId": "388BB5C2-53B3-4597-913C-7D86E585CCD5"
}
],
"operator": "OR"
}
]
}
]