CVE Catalog

CVE-2000-0099

High
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.36%

27th percentile - higher than 27% of all known CVEs

Summary

Buffer overflow in the ppptalk command of UnixWare allows local users to gain elevated privileges via a long prompt argument.

Risk Assessment

Local users may exploit this vulnerability to gain unauthorized access to the system with elevated privileges, potentially leading to serious security breaches.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update UnixWare to the latest version to mitigate this vulnerability and restrict access to the ppptalk command to trusted users.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Buffer overflow in UnixWare ppptalk command allows local users to gain privileges via a long prompt argument.

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