VulnerabilityModified
CVE-1999-0693
Buffer overflow in TT_SESSION environment variable in ToolTalk shared library allows local users to gain root privileges.
HIGH 7.2EPSS 1.03%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.03%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Buffer overflow in TT_SESSION environment variable in ToolTalk shared library allows local users to gain root privileges.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.2 HIGHAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 1.03% probability · 62th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- hp/hp-ux · ibm/aix · sco/unixware
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doctype=coll&doc=secbull/192
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/641
- http://www1.itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=HPSBUX9909-103
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A4374
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doctype=coll&doc=secbull/192
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/641
- http://www1.itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=HPSBUX9909-103
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A4374
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.