{"id":"CVE-1999-1385","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-1999-1385","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T20:42:04.093Z","title":"Buffer overflow in ppp program in FreeBSD 2.1 and earlier allows local users to gain privileges via a long HOME environment variable.","description":"Buffer overflow in ppp program in FreeBSD 2.1 and earlier allows local users to gain privileges via a long HOME environment variable.","published":"1996-12-19T05:00:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T21:50:20.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":7.2,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C"},"cwe":[],"affected":["freebsd/freebsd"],"epss":{"score":0.00392,"percentile":0.33133,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.39%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/old/FreeBSD-SA-96:20.stack-overflow.asc","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=87602167420332&w=2","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7465.php","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.osvdb.org/6085","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"ftp://ftp.FreeBSD.org/pub/FreeBSD/CERT/advisories/old/FreeBSD-SA-96:20.stack-overflow.asc","tags":["Patch","Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=87602167420332&w=2","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7465.php","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.osvdb.org/6085","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-1999-1385","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}