CVE-1999-1021 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

NFS on SunOS 4.1 through 4.1.2 ignores the high order 16 bits in a 32 bit UID, which allows a local user to gain root access if the lower 16 bits are set to 0, as fixed by the NFS jumbo patch upgrade.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00083.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Sun Subscribe	Sunos Subscribe

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:4.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:4.1.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:4.1.2:::::::*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-1999-1002	NFS on SunOS 4.1 through 4.1.2 ignores the high order 16 bits in a 32 bit UID, which allows a local user to gain root access if the lower 16 bits are set to 0, as fixed by the NFS jumbo patch upgrade.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doctype=coll&doc=secbull/117&type=0&nav=sec.sba
http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-1992-15.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/47
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/82

History

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Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2002-03-09T05:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-01T16:55:29.374Z

Reserved: 2001-08-31T00:00:00

Link: CVE-1999-1021

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 1992-12-30T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Link: CVE-1999-1021

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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