CVE-1999-1021 (GCVE-0-1999-1021)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2002-03-09 05:00 – Updated: 2024-08-01 16:55
VLAI?
Summary
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.
Severity ?
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
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