CVE Catalog

CVE-1999-1458

High
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.54%

41th percentile - higher than 41% of all known CVEs

Summary

Buffer overflow in the at program in Digital UNIX 4.0 allows local users to gain root privileges via a long command line argument.

Risk Assessment

Local users can exploit this vulnerability to gain full administrative privileges, posing a serious security threat to the system.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update the system to the latest version to eliminate this vulnerability and restrict access to the at program to trusted users.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Buffer overflow in at program in Digital UNIX 4.0 allows local users to gain root privileges via a long command line argument.

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