CVE Catalog

CVE-1999-1193

High
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

High risk
2.21%

80th percentile - higher than 80% of all known CVEs

Summary

The 'me' user in NeXT NeXTstep 2.1 and earlier has wheel group privileges, which could allow the me user to use the su command to become root.

Risk Assessment

The ability for an unauthorized user to gain root privileges poses a serious security risk to the system.

Recommendation

It is recommended to restrict the privileges of the 'me' user and to upgrade to a newer version of the system to mitigate this vulnerability.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

The "me" user in NeXT NeXTstep 2.1 and earlier has wheel group privileges, which could allow the me user to use the su command to become root.

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