CVE Catalog

CVE-1999-1385

High
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.40%

31th percentile - higher than 31% of all known CVEs

Summary

Buffer overflow in the ppp program in FreeBSD 2.1 and earlier allows local users to gain privileges via a long HOME environment variable.

Risk Assessment

Organizations may be exposed to unauthorized access by local users, potentially leading to privilege escalation.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update the system to a newer version of FreeBSD to eliminate this vulnerability.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Buffer overflow in ppp program in FreeBSD 2.1 and earlier allows local users to gain privileges via a long HOME environment variable.

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