CVE-1999-1021

Summary

NFS on SunOS 4.1 through 4.1.2 ignores the high order 16 bits in a 32 bit UID, which allows a local user to gain root access if the lower 16 bits are set to 0, as fixed by the NFS jumbo patch upgrade.

Affected Software

VendorProductVersion RangeStatus
n/an/an/aaffected

Weaknesses

  • n/a

ADP Enrichment

CVE Program Container

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