CVE Catalog

CVE-1999-0785

High
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.51%

39th percentile - higher than 39% of all known CVEs

Summary

The inndstart program in INN allows local users to gain root privileges via the 'pathrun' parameter in the inn.conf file.

Risk Assessment

Exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to unauthorized access to the system with administrative privileges, posing a serious security threat to the organization.

Recommendation

It is recommended to review and secure the inn.conf file to restrict access to the 'pathrun' parameter only to trusted users.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

The INN inndstart program allows local users to gain root privileges via the "pathrun" parameter in the inn.conf file.

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