CVE-1999-0084High· 8.4▾ TwilightCertain NFS servers allow users to use mknod to gain privileges by creating a writable kmem device and setting the UID to 0.
▾ Twilight zone — High severity, or a signal on a lesser flaw
impact 46.2 · likelihood 0.1 · exploitation 0
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Disclosed via NVD
Last analysed / modified upstream
0.4%
Certain NFS servers allow users to use mknod to gain privileges by creating a writable kmem device and setting the UID to 0.
Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.
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