Critical
CVE-1999-1319
Vulnerability in object server program in SGI IRIX 5.2 through 6.1 allows remote attackers to gain root privileges in certain configurations.
Tag: Privilege Escalation
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About “Privilege Escalation”
A curated feed of “Privilege Escalation”-related CVEs appears below. We currently track 7822 CVEs for this tag (all time). In the last 365 days, 1227 were published. Average CVSS is 7.7 (all time; 7.9 over 365d), and 84% are rated High/Critical (all time). Top CWEs (last 365 days): CWE-269 - Improper Privilege Management, CWE-266 - Incorrect Privilege Assignment, CWE-862 - Missing Authorization.
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CVSS ≥ 0.0
1996-01-03
1996-01-02
High
CVE-1999-1186
rxvt, when compiled with the PRINT_PIPE option in various Linux operating systems including Linux Slackware 3.0 and RedHat 2.1, allows local users to gain root privileges by specifying a malicious pr…
1995-10-19
Critical
CVE-1999-0099
Buffer overflow in syslog utility allows local or remote attackers to gain root privileges.
1995-08-23
High
CVE-1999-1580
SunOS sendmail 5.59 through 5.65 uses popen to process a forwarding host argument, which allows local users to gain root privileges by modifying the IFS (Internal Field Separator) variable and passin…
1995-08-17
Critical
CVE-1999-0203
In Sendmail, attackers can gain root privileges via SMTP by specifying an improper "mail from" address and an invalid "rcpt to" address that would cause the mail to bounce to a program.
1995-05-10
High
CVE-1999-1080
rmmount in SunOS 5.7 may mount file systems without the nosuid flag set, contrary to the documentation and its use in previous versions of SunOS, which could allow local users with physical access to…
1994-10-02
Medium
CVE-1999-1022
serial_ports administrative program in IRIX 4.x and 5.x trusts the user's PATH environmental variable to find and execute the ls program, which allows local users to gain root privileges via a Trojan…
1994-08-11
High
CVE-1999-1219
Vulnerability in sgihelp in the SGI help system and print manager in IRIX 5.2 and earlier allows local users to gain root privileges, possibly through the clogin command.
1994-05-18
High
CVE-1999-1134
Vulnerability in Vue 3.0 in HP 9.x allows local users to gain root privileges, as fixed by PHSS_4038, PHSS_4055, and PHSS_4066.
1994-04-20
High
CVE-1999-1135
Vulnerability in VUE 3.0 in HP 9.x allows local users to gain root privileges, as fixed by PHSS_4994 and PHSS_5438.
1993-02-24
High
CVE-1999-1312
Vulnerability in DEC OpenVMS VAX 5.5-2 through 5.0, and OpenVMS AXP 1.0, allows local users to gain system privileges.
1992-03-19
High
CVE-1999-1121
The default configuration for UUCP in AIX before 3.2 allows local users to gain root privileges.
1991-12-31
Critical
CVE-1999-1032
Vulnerability in LAT/Telnet Gateway (lattelnet) on Ultrix 4.1 and 4.2 allows attackers to gain root privileges.
1991-12-18
Critical
CVE-1999-1493
Vulnerability in crp in Hewlett Packard Apollo Domain OS SR10 through SR10.3 allows remote attackers to gain root privileges via insecure system calls, (1) pad_$dm_cmd and (2) pad_$def_pfk().
1991-10-22
Medium
CVE-1999-1468
rdist in various UNIX systems uses popen to execute sendmail, which allows local users to gain root privileges by modifying the IFS (Internal Field Separator) variable.
1991-05-20
High
CVE-1999-1123
The installation of Sun Source (sunsrc) tapes allows local users to gain root privileges via setuid root programs (1) makeinstall or (2) winstall.
1991-03-27
High
CVE-1999-1211
Vulnerability in in.telnetd in SunOS 4.1.1 and earlier allows local users to gain root privileges.
High
CVE-1999-1212
Vulnerability in in.rlogind in SunOS 4.0.3 and 4.0.3c allows local users to gain root privileges.
1991-02-22
High
CVE-1999-1438
Vulnerability in /bin/mail in SunOS 4.1.1 and earlier allows local users to gain root privileges via certain command line arguments.
1990-10-03
High
CVE-1999-1198
BuildDisk program on NeXT systems before 2.0 does not prompt users for the root password, which allows local users to gain root privileges.
High
CVE-1999-1392
Vulnerability in restore0.9 installation script in NeXT 1.0a and 1.0 allows local users to gain root privileges.
1989-01-01
High
CVE-1999-1471
Buffer overflow in passwd in BSD based operating systems 4.3 and earlier allows local users to gain root privileges by specifying a long shell or GECOS field.