Vulnerability Report

CVE-1999-1434

Title: CVE-1999-1434

Other

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-1999-1434

CWE Category NVD-CWE-noinfo
Published Date Jul 13, 1998
Modified Date Jun 16, 2026
Exploit Status Available
Score 7.2 CVSS v2.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
0.79%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-1999-1434: login in Slackware Linux 3.2 through 3.5 does not properly check for an error when the /etc/group file is missing, which prevents it from dropping privileges, causing it to assign root privileges to any local user who logs on to the server.

Impacted Vendors

S
slackware 1

Reference Links

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=90221104525951&w=2 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/155 http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=90221104525951&w=2 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/155
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-1999-1434 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/19122
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Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

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Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

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Vulnerability data updated via 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.