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CVE-1999-1021

CVE information

Published

31 years ago

Last Modified

6 years ago

CVSSv2.0 Severity

High

Impact Analysis

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..

CVSSv2.0 Score

Severity
High
Base Score
7.2/10
Exploit Score
3.9/10
Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication Required
None
Impact Score
10/10
Confidentiality Impact
Complete
Availability Impact
Complete
Integrity Impact
Complete

Products Affected

CPE Affected Vulnerable Excluding Edit
cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:4.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:4.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -