Vulnerability Report

CVE-1999-0002

Title: CVE-1999-0002

Memory Corruption

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-1999-0002

CWE Category CWE-119
Published Date Oct 12, 1998
Modified Date Jun 16, 2026
Exploit Status Available
Score 10.0 CVSS v2.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
27.86%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-1999-0002: Buffer overflow in NFS mountd gives root access to remote attackers, mostly in Linux systems.

Impacted Vendors

R
redhat 1
C
caldera 1
C
cyrix 1
B
bsdi 1
C
conectiva 1
S
sun 1

Reference Links

ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/19981006-01-I http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/j-006.shtml http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/121 ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/19981006-01-I http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/j-006.shtml http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/121
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity HIGH
10.0
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-1999-0002 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/19096
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Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A
Complexity N/A
Privileges N/A
Interaction NONE
CVSS Vector String AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.