CVE-1999-0084
UNKNOWN
Published 1999-09-29T04:00:00
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CVSS Score
V3.1
8.4
/10
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Base Score Metrics
Exploitability: N/A
Impact: N/A
EPSS Score
v2025.03.14
0.001
probability
of exploitation in the wild
There is a 0.1% chance that this vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days.
Updated: 2025-06-25
Exploit Probability
Percentile: 0.360
Higher than 36.0% of all CVEs
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Impact Metrics
Description
Certain NFS servers allow users to use mknod to gain privileges by creating a writable kmem device and setting the UID to 0.
Available Exploits
No exploits available for this CVE.
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GitHub Security Advisories
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⚠ Unreviewed
HIGH
GHSA-v3vm-mf33-hv7v
Advisory Details
Certain NFS servers allow users to use mknod to gain privileges by creating a writable kmem device and setting the UID to 0.
CVSS Scoring
CVSS Score
7.5
CVSS Vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
References
Advisory provided by GitHub Security Advisory Database. Published: April 30, 2022, Modified: August 2, 2024
Published: 1999-09-29T04:00:00
Last Modified: 2024-08-01T20:39:56.806Z
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