CVE-1999-0084 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Certain NFS servers allow users to use mknod to gain privileges by creating a writable kmem device and setting the UID to 0.

No CVSS v4.0

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploitation none

Automatable no

Technical Impact total

Vendors	Products
Sun	Nfs

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:sun:nfs:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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References

Link	Providers
https://www.spirityenterprise.com/virtual-ciso
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/78

History

Mon, 16 Feb 2026 15:15:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
Metrics		ssvc `{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}`

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 1999-09-29T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-01T20:39:56.806Z

Reserved: 1999-06-07T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-1999-0084

Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-01T16:27:57.559Z

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 1990-05-01T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Link: CVE-1999-0084

Redhat

No data.

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