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CVE-1999-0783

MEDIUM
5.5
CVSS Score
Published: March 22, 2000 at 05:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 09:49 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorFreeBSD

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Severity
MEDIUM5.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.8%

Description

FreeBSD allows local users to conduct a denial of service by creating a hard link from a device special file to a file on an NFS file system.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (2)

Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resourcex_refsource_CIACBroken Link
Source: [email protected]
http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/i-057.shtml
VDB Entryx_refsource_OSVDBBroken Link
Source: [email protected]
http://www.osvdb.org/6090

CVSS

5.5MEDIUM[email protected]
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
NONE
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-59

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