01 Record
CVE-1999-1458
Buffer overflow in at program in Digital UNIX 4.0 allows local users to gain root privileges via a long command line argument.
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
Buffer overflow in at program in Digital UNIX 4.0 allows local users to gain root privileges via a long command line argument.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.53% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 45.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2001-09-12 04:00Z25 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-01 17:18Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2001-08-31
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 95cb6765d83ba3b8c93f3eda7f0ffbd23a538ba3a135312d0da5ef7b341f11da
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.securityfocus.com19990125 Digital Unix 4.0 exploitable buffer overflowshttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/12121
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comdu-at(3138)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/3138
- ftp1.support.compaq.comSSRT0583Uhttp://ftp1.support.compaq.com/public/dunix/v4.0d/ssrt0583u.README