CVE-1999-1021

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.

CVSS v2.0 7.2 HIGH

7.2^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

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

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 10.0

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact COMPLETE

Integrity Impact COMPLETE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

References

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

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

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:::::::*

History

No history.

Information

Published : 1992-12-30 05:00

Updated : 2025-04-03 01:03

NVD link : CVE-1999-1021

Mitre link : CVE-1999-1021

CVE.ORG link : CVE-1999-1021

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Products Affected

sun

sunos

CWE

NVD-CWE-Other

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