CVE Catalog

CVE-1999-0405

High
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Elevated risk
0.76%

50th percentile - higher than 50% of all known CVEs

Summary

A buffer overflow in lsof allows local users to obtain root privilege.

Risk Assessment

This vulnerability poses a serious security risk as local users can gain full administrative privileges.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update lsof to the latest version to mitigate this vulnerability.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

A buffer overflow in lsof allows local users to obtain root privilege.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS