CVE-1999-0084

Certain NFS servers allow users to use mknod to gain privileges by creating a writable kmem device and setting the UID to 0

High · published September 29, 1999

CVSS v3.1
8.4
EPSS
0%
Percentile
34.3
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

Certain NFS servers allow users to use mknod to gain privileges by creating a writable kmem device and setting the UID to 0.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS v3.1
8.4 · HIGH
Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00411 · 34.3th percentile
Published
1999-09-29T04:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 29 SEP 04:00Z
    Certain NFS servers allow users to use mknod to gain privileges by creating a writable kmem device and setting the UID to 0
    cvelistv5