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.
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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 : Modified
Published: 1992-12-30T05:00:00.000
Modified: 2024-11-20T23:30:05.547
Link: CVE-1999-1021
Redhat
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