VulnerabilityModified
CVE-1999-0022
Local user gains root privileges via buffer overflow in rdist, via expstr() function.
HIGH 7.8EPSS 0.49%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.49%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Local user gains root privileges via buffer overflow in rdist, via expstr() function.
- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.49% probability · 41th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-125
- Affected
- sgi/irix · bsdi/bsd os · freebsd/freebsd · hp/hp-ux · ibm/aix · sun/solaris · sun/sunos
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.