CVE-1999-1471
Current Description
Buffer overflow in passwd in BSD based operating systems 4.3 and earlier allows local users to gain root privileges by specifying a long shell or GECOS field.
Basic Data
Published | January 01, 1989 |
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Last Modified | September 05, 2008 |
Assigner | cve@mitre.org |
Data Type | CVE |
Data Format | MITRE |
Data Version | 4.0 |
Problem Type | NVD-CWE-Other |
CVE Data Version | 4.0 |
Base Metric V2
CVSS 2 - Version | 2.0 |
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CVSS 2 - Vector String | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
CVSS 2 - Access Vector | LOCAL |
CVSS 2 - Access Complexity | LOW |
CVSS 2 - Authentication | NONE |
CVSS 2 - Confidentiality Impact | COMPLETE |
CVSS 2 - Availability Impact | COMPLETE |
CVSS 2 - Base Score | 7.2 |
Severity | HIGH |
Exploitability Score | 3.9 |
Impact Score | 10.0 |
Obtain All Privilege | true |
Obtain User Privilege | false |
Obtain Other Privilege | false |
Base Metric V3
No data provided.
Configurations
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OR - Configuration 1
Cpe Version Part Vendor Product Version Update Edition Language SW Edition Target SW Target HW Other Version Start Including Version End Including Version Start Excluding Version End Excluding 2.3 OS Bsd Bsd 4.2 * * * * * * *