Medium severity · published Jun 16, 1998
CVE-1999-0783
FreeBSD allows local users to conduct a denial of service by creating a hard link from a device special file to a file on an NFS file system
5.5
CVSS
0.8%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
FreeBSD allows local users to conduct a denial of service by creating a hard link from a device special file to a file on an NFS file system.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.8% · higher than 55% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
FR
Freebsd · Freebsd
2.2 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-1999-0783
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-1999-0783
Broken Link
http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/i-057.shtml
Broken Link
http://www.osvdb.org/6090
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