PT-1990-1000 · Nfs · Nfs

Published 1990-05-01 · Updated 2025-04-03 · CVE-1999-0084

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.2

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions NFS servers (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue allows users to gain privileges by creating a writable kmem device and setting the UID to 0 using the mknod command.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Improper Privilege Management

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-269

Related Identifiers

CVE-1999-0084

Affected Products

Nfs

References · 4

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-1999-0084 · Security Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/117485 · Telegram Post
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/78 · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/88337 · Telegram Post