HIGH
Local user gains root privileges via buffer overflow in rdist, via expstr() function
Published Sep 29, 1999
7.8
HIGHCVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.49%
Description
Local user gains root privileges via buffer overflow in rdist, via expstr() function.
Affected products
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Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
7.8 HIGH CISA ADP
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact High
Integrity Impact High
Availability Impact High
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v2.0 score for this CVE.
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
CISA SSVC (Vulnrichment)
Stakeholder-Specific Vulnerability Categorization from CISA ADP.
Exploitation
NoneAutomatable
NoTechnical Impact
TotalDecision
n/aAssessed Aug 1, 2024 · SSVC 2.0.3
0.49% 0.00491
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 3, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.00491
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
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Percentile over time
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Table of values (13 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
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| Oct 3, 2026 | 0.49% (0.00491) | 40.03th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.49% (0.00488) | 37.96th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 0.21% (0.00214) | 41.03th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 1.77% (0.01770) | 71.36th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.21% (0.00214) | 41.93th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00045) | 17.90th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 18, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00045) | 15.04th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 16, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00045) | 13.00th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00044) | 10.97th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 32.28th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 10, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 30.63th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 28.61th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 13.46th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (1)
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doctype=coll&doc=secbull/179 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUN
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| http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doctype=coll&doc=secbull/179 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUN |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Sep 29, 1999
Updated Oct 29, 2024
Reserved Jun 7, 1999
Link CVE-1999-0022
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated Aug 1, 2024