CVE-1999-0084
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 8.4 High
- Published
- Sep 29, 1999
- Updated
- Aug 1, 2024
- Reserved
- Jun 7, 1999
Description
Certain NFS servers allow users to use mknod to gain privileges by creating a writable kmem device and setting the UID to 0.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 8.4 High | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H | CISA-ADP |
Weaknesses
- CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
|
References
- nfs-mknod(78)vdb-entry
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