VulnerabilityModified
CVE-1999-0691
Buffer overflow in the AddSuLog function of the CDE dtaction utility allows local users to gain root privileges via a long user name.
HIGH 7.2EPSS 0.84%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.84%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Buffer overflow in the AddSuLog function of the CDE dtaction utility allows local users to gain root privileges via a long user name.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.2 HIGHAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 0.84% probability · 56th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- cde/cde · digital/unix · ibm/aix · sun/solaris · sun/sunos
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doctype=coll&doc=secbull/192
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/635
- http://www1.itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=HPSBUX9909-103
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A3078
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doctype=coll&doc=secbull/192
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/635
- http://www1.itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=HPSBUX9909-103
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A3078
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.