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CRITICAL
CVE-1999-0002
NFS mountd Root Access Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Description

Buffer overflow in NFS mountd gives root access to remote attackers, mostly in Linux systems.

INFO

Published Date :

Oct. 12, 1998, 4 a.m.

Last Modified :

Jan. 26, 2009, 5 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

10.0

Exploitability Score :

10.0
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-1999-0002 has a 3 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-1999-0002 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Redhat linux
1 Bsdi bsd_os
1 Caldera openlinux
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to CVE-1999-0002.

URL Resource
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/19981006-01-I
http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/j-006.shtml
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/121 Exploit Patch Vendor Advisory

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

Community reconstruction of the legacy JSON NVD Data Feeds. This project uses and redistributes data from the NVD API but is neither endorsed nor certified by the NVD.

Shell

Updated: 1 month, 4 weeks ago
103 stars 15 fork 15 watcher
Born at : May 17, 2023, 8 a.m. This repo has been linked 4 different CVEs too.

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Dockerfile Makefile Go

Updated: 1 year, 7 months ago
2 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : Nov. 20, 2019, 6:43 a.m. This repo has been linked 8 different CVEs too.

Script to convert NVD data into a csv file

Python

Updated: 5 years, 7 months ago
0 stars 1 fork 1 watcher
Born at : March 24, 2019, 3:30 p.m. This repo has been linked 2 different CVEs too.

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EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

2.08 }} -0.75%

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0.88704

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