{"id":"CVE-1999-0022","title":"Local user gains root privileges via buffer overflow in rdist, via expstr() function.","summary":"Local user gains root privileges via buffer overflow in rdist, via expstr() function.","severity":"high","cvss":7.8,"cvssVector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","cwe":["CWE-125"],"published":"1996-07-03","updated":"2026-06-16","source":"NVD","sourceUrl":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-1999-0022","references":[{"url":"http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doctype=coll&doc=secbull/179","label":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doctype=coll&doc=secbull/179","label":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"tags":["nvd"],"epss":0.00491,"epssPercentile":0.41143,"ingestedAt":"2026-06-22T15:59:08.081Z","slug":"CVE-1999-0022","body":"## Overview\n\nLocal user gains root privileges via buffer overflow in rdist, via expstr() function.\n\n## Remediation\n\nRefer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.","depth":"twilight","depthScore":43,"depthScoreParts":{"impact":42.9,"likelihood":0.1,"exploitation":0,"ransomware":0},"changes":[]}