CVE-1999-1198 (GCVE-0-1999-1198)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2002-03-09 05:00 – Updated: 2024-08-01 17:02
VLAI
Summary
BuildDisk program on NeXT systems before 2.0 does not prompt users for the root password, which allows local users to gain root privileges.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-1990-06.html third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT
http://ciac.llnl.gov/ciac/bulletins/b-01.shtml third-party-advisorygovernment-resourcex_refsource_CIAC
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7141.php vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
Date Public
1990-10-02 00:00
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