CVE-1999-1021
N/A
Published: March 9, 2002 at 05:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 09:49 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorSunos
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
Description
NFS on SunOS 4.1 through 4.1.2 ignores the high order 16 bits in a 32 bit UID, which allows a local user to gain root access if the lower 16 bits are set to 0, as fixed by the NFS jumbo patch upgrade.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (4)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUNPatch
Source: [email protected]
http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doctype=coll&doc=secbull/117&type=0&nav=sec.sbaThird Party Advisoryx_refsource_CERTPatchUS Government Resource
Source: [email protected]
http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-1992-15.htmlVDB Entryx_refsource_BIDPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47VDB Entryx_refsource_XF
Source: [email protected]
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/82Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-Other
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