Vulnerability Report

CVE-1999-0693

Title: ToolTalk TT_SESSION environment buffer overflow allows local root

Memory Corruption

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-1999-0693

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo
Published Date Mar 02, 2000
Modified Date Apr 16, 2026
Exploit Status Available
Score 7.2 CVSS v2.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
17.05%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-1999-0693: Buffer overflow in TT_SESSION environment variable in ToolTalk shared library allows local users to gain root privileges.

Impacted Vendors

C
caldera 1
S
sco 1
H
hp 1
I
ibm 1
N
novell 1

Reference Links

http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doctype=coll&doc=secbull/192 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/641 http://www1.itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=HPSBUX9909-103 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A4374 http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doctype=coll&doc=secbull/192 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/641 http://www1.itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=HPSBUX9909-103 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A4374
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity HIGH
7.2
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-1999-0693 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/19501
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MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

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

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.