Vulnerability in Bsdi BSD OS
CVE-1999-0297
Buffer overflow in Vixie Cron library up to version 3.0 allows local users to obtain root access via a long environmental variable.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 7.2 (High). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.004 (31.2th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 31st percentile — 31.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.004 · newest: 0.004 · change: -0.000
Affected products
- Bsdi BSD OS — versions 2.1
- FreeBSD — versions 2.1.0
- NetBSD — versions 2.0.4
- Paul Vixie Cron — versions 3.0
- Red Hat Linux