CVE-1999-0023

Exp

Local user gains root privileges via buffer overflow in rdist, via lookup() function.

Published: 1996-07-24 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-1999-0023 is rated High Exploit Risk (69.7/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.81%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-1999-0023

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
19106 exploit_db edb 1996-07-03 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-1999-0023

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-02-09 0.70% 0.81% +0.10%
2 2025-04-27 0.89% 0.70% -0.19%
3 2025-03-17 — 0.89% —

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-1999-0023

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.2 2.0 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 3.9 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-1999-0023

OS Trackers for CVE-1999-0023

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-1999-0023: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-1999-0023

Affected software / configurations for CVE-1999-0023

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
inet inet 5.01 cpe:2.3:a:inet:inet:5.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
inet inet 6.01 cpe:2.3:a:inet:inet:6.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bsdi bsd_os — cpe:2.3:o:bsdi:bsd_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
freebsd freebsd 2.0 cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
freebsd freebsd 2.0.5 cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:2.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
freebsd freebsd 2.1.0 cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:2.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
freebsd freebsd 2.2 cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm aix 3.2 cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm aix 4.1 cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm aix 4.2 cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sco internet_faststart 1.0 cpe:2.3:o:sco:internet_faststart:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sco open_desktop 2.0 cpe:2.3:o:sco:open_desktop:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sco open_desktop 3.0 cpe:2.3:o:sco:open_desktop:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sco openserver 2.0 cpe:2.3:o:sco:openserver:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sco openserver 5.0 cpe:2.3:o:sco:openserver:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sco openserver 5.0.2 cpe:2.3:o:sco:openserver:5.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sco tcp_ip 1.2.0 cpe:2.3:o:sco:tcp_ip:1.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sco tcp_ip 1.2.1 cpe:2.3:o:sco:tcp_ip:1.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sco unixware 2.0 cpe:2.3:o:sco:unixware:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sco unixware 2.1 cpe:2.3:o:sco:unixware:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun sunos — cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun sunos 4.1.3 cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:4.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun sunos 4.1.3u1 cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:4.1.3u1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun sunos 4.1.4 cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:4.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun sunos 5.3 cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun sunos 5.4 cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun sunos 5.5 cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun sunos 5.5.1 cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:5.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-1999-0023

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