PT-1999-1492 · Freebsd · Freebsd

Published 1999-12-01 · Updated 2008-09-09 · CVE-1999-0963

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 FreeBSD (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue allows local users to gain root privileges via a symlink attack using the mount union command.

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

Related Identifiers

CVE-1999-0963

Affected Products

Freebsd

References · 2

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-1999-0963 · Security Note
• http://osvdb.org/6088 · Note