CVE-1999-0350

Exp

Race condition in the db_loader program in ClearCase gives local users root access by setting SUID bits.

Published: 1999-02-08 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-1999-0350 is rated Exploit Available (59.9/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.38%). 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-1999-0350

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
19429 exploit_db edb 1999-05-02 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-1999-0350

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 2025-11-18 0.15% 0.38% +0.23%
2 2025-03-17 0.04% 0.15% +0.11%
3 2023-03-07 — 0.04% —

Full EPSS history (4 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-1999-0350

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.2 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:H/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:H)
Exploitation requires uncommon or highly specific conditions.
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.
 1.9 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-1999-0350

OS Trackers for CVE-1999-0350

vendor priority summary link
alpine — CVE-1999-0350: no source package rows; 0 state rows across 0 repos (none); fixed 0, open 0. https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-1999-0350

Affected software / configurations for CVE-1999-0350

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
rational_software clearcase 3.2 cpe:2.3:a:rational_software:clearcase:3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-1999-0350

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