CVE-1999-0084 - CVE House
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Status published Unknown CVE-1999-0084

Certain NFS servers allow users to use mknod to gain...

Vulnerability Description

Certain NFS servers allow users to use mknod to gain privileges by creating a writable kmem device and setting the UID to 0.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

nfs
Vulnerable Versions:
Unknown

Timeline

Official Publish: September 29th, 1999
Last Modified: August 1st, 2024
Added to House: July 17th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

No vector data available

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.