High severity · published Jul 3, 1996
CVE-1999-0022
Local user gains root privileges via buffer overflow in rdist, via expstr() function
7.8
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Local user gains root privileges via buffer overflow in rdist, via expstr() function.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 42% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AI
Aix · Ibm
3.1; 3.2; 3.2.4; 3.2.5; 4.1; 4.1.1; +5 more · source: NVD
BO
Bsd OS · Bsdi
1.1 · source: NVD
FR
Freebsd · Freebsd
2.0; 2.0.5; 2.1.0 · source: NVD
HP
Hp-ux · HP
10.00 · source: NVD
IR
Irix · Sgi
5.0; 5.0.1; 5.1; 5.1.1; 5.2; 5.3; +8 more · source: NVD
SO
Solaris · Sun
4.1.3 · source: NVD
SU
Sunos · Sun
4.1.1; 4.1.2; 4.1.3u1; 5.0; 5.1; 5.2; +2 more · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-1999-0022
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-1999-0022
sunsolve.sun.com
http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doctype=coll&doc=secbull/179
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