7.2

CVE-1999-0023: freebsd

CVSS: 7.2v2.0HighModified
Published 29-09-1999Last modified 01-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-1999-0023 is a high (CVSS 7.2) vulnerability in freebsd. EPSS estimates a 0.78% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 54.9% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Overall risk
39/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.2/10
010
High · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.78%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits1exploit-database

Timeline

  1. 29-09-1999
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 01-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Local user gains root privileges via buffer overflow in rdist, via lookup() function.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.78%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

55%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.78% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
0.78%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

1 found
  • exploit-databaselocallinuxVerified

    BSDI BSD/OS 2.1 / FreeBSD 2.1 / IBM AIX 4.2 / SGI IRIX 6.4 / Sun SunOS 4.1.3 - Buffer Overrun

    Maturity: weaponized

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Sco5 products
Freebsd1 product
  • freebsdEOL2.0 | 2.0.5 | 2.1.0 | 2.2
Ibm1 product
  • aix3.2 | 4.1 | 4.2
Inet1 product
Sun1 product
  • sunosna | 4.1.3 | 4.1.3u1 | 4.1.4 | 5.3 | 5.4 | 5.5 | 5.5.1

5 vendors · 9 products

References

1 links