CVE-1999-0691

Exp

Buffer overflow in the AddSuLog function of the CDE dtaction utility allows local users to gain root privileges via a long user name.

Published: 1999-09-13 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-1999-0691 is rated High Exploit Risk (69.7/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.77%). 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-1999-0691

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
19497 exploit_db edb 1999-09-13 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-1999-0691

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 2026-01-10 0.37% 0.77% +0.40%
2 2025-03-30 0.28% 0.37% +0.09%
3 2025-03-29 — 0.28% —

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-1999-0691

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-1999-0691

Affected software / configurations for CVE-1999-0691

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
cde cde 1.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:cde:cde:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cde cde 1.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:cde:cde:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cde cde 1.1 cpe:2.3:a:cde:cde:1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cde cde 1.2 cpe:2.3:a:cde:cde:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cde cde 2.0 cpe:2.3:a:cde:cde:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cde cde 2.1 cpe:2.3:a:cde:cde:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
digital unix 4.0d cpe:2.3:o:digital:unix:4.0d:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
digital unix 4.0e cpe:2.3:o:digital:unix:4.0e:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
digital unix 4.0f cpe:2.3:o:digital:unix:4.0f:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm aix 4.1 cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm aix 4.1.1 cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:4.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm aix 4.1.2 cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:4.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm aix 4.1.3 cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:4.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm aix 4.1.4 cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:4.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm aix 4.1.5 cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:4.1.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm aix 4.2 cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm aix 4.2.1 cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:4.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm aix 4.3 cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm aix 4.3.1 cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:4.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm aix 4.3.2 cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:4.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun solaris 2.4 cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:2.4:*:x86:*:*:*:*:*
sun solaris 2.5.1 cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:2.5.1:*:x86:*:*:*:*:*
sun solaris 2.6 cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun solaris 7.0 cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:7.0:*:x86:*:*:*:*:*
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun sunos 5.7 cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:5.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-1999-0691

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