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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.

  • Published: May 1, 1990
  • Updated: Nov 9, 2025
  • CVE: CVE-1999-0084
  • Severity: High
  • Exploit:

CVSS v3:

  • Severity: High
  • Score: 8.4
  • AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: High
  • Score: 7.2
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CWEs:

Software From Fixed in
sun / nfs - -