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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cve-icon 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

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

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

Modified: 2017-10-10T01:29:01.483

Link: CVE-1999-1021

cve-icon Redhat

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