5.5
MEDIUM
CVE-1999-0783
FreeBSD NFS Hard Link Denial of Service
Description

FreeBSD allows local users to conduct a denial of service by creating a hard link from a device special file to a file on an NFS file system.

INFO

Published Date :

June 16, 1998, 4 a.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 20, 2024, 11:29 p.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

1.8
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-1999-0783 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 Freebsd freebsd
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-1999-0783.

URL Resource
http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/i-057.shtml Broken Link
http://www.osvdb.org/6090 Broken Link
http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/i-057.shtml Broken Link
http://www.osvdb.org/6090 Broken Link

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).

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-1999-0783 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-1999-0783 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Reanalysis by [email protected]

    Jan. 26, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Changed Reference Type http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/i-057.shtml No Types Assigned http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/i-057.shtml Broken Link
    Changed Reference Type http://www.osvdb.org/6090 No Types Assigned http://www.osvdb.org/6090 Broken Link
    Removed CWE NIST NVD-CWE-Other
    Added CWE NIST CWE-59
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jan. 01, 2004

    Action Type Old Value New Value
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.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-1999-0783 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-1999-0783 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

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

0.04 }} 0.00%

score

0.05635

percentile

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