High severity · published May 1, 1990
CVE-1999-0084
Certain NFS servers allow users to use mknod to gain privileges by creating a writable kmem device and setting the UID to 0
8.4
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Certain NFS servers allow users to use mknod to gain privileges by creating a writable kmem device and setting the UID to 0.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 35% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
NF
Nfs · Sun
All versions, or not specified · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-1999-0084
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-1999-0084
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/78
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