PT-1990-1000 · Nfs · Nfs

CVE-1999-0084

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Published

1990-05-01

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Updated

2025-04-03

CVSS v2.0

7.2

High

VectorAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions NFS servers (affected versions not specified)
Description The issue allows users to gain privileges by creating a writable kmem device and setting the UID to 0 using the mknod command.
Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Improper Privilege Management

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Weakness Enumeration

Related Identifiers

CVE-1999-0084

Affected Products

Nfs