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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: Apr 13, 2023
  • CVE: CVE-1999-0084
  • Severity: High
  • Exploit:

CVSS v2:

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

No CWE or OWASP classifications available.

Software From Fixed in
sun / nfs - -