VulnerabilityModified
CVE-1999-0841
Buffer overflow in CDE mailtool allows local users to gain root privileges via a long MIME Content-Type.
HIGH 7.2EPSS 0.83%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.83%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Buffer overflow in CDE mailtool allows local users to gain root privileges via a long MIME Content-Type.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.2 HIGHAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 0.83% probability · 56th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- sun/sunos
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://www.securiteam.com/exploits/3J5QQPPQ0O.html
- http://www.security-express.com/archives/bugtraq/1999-q4/0122.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/832
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/3732
- http://www.securiteam.com/exploits/3J5QQPPQ0O.html
- http://www.security-express.com/archives/bugtraq/1999-q4/0122.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/832
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/3732
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.