Vulnerability CVE-1999-0056

Vulnerability Name:

CVE-1999-0056

Assigned:

1998-09-09

Published:

1998-09-09

Updated:

2018-10-30

Summary:

Buffer overflow in Sun's ping program can give root access to local users.

CVSS v3 Severity:

9.3 Critical (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Exploitability Metrics:	Attack Vector (AV): Local Attack Complexity (AC): Low Privileges Required (PR): None User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:	Scope (S): Changed
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): High Integrity (I): High Availibility (A): High

CVSS v2 Severity:

7.2 High (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

Exploitability Metrics:	Access Vector (AV): Local Access Complexity (AC): Low Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): Complete Integrity (I): Complete Availibility (A): Complete

7.2 High (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

Exploitability Metrics:	Access Vector (AV): Local Access Complexity (AC): Low Athentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): Complete Integrity (I): Complete Availibility (A): Complete

Vulnerability Type:

CWE-Other

Vulnerability Consequences:

ALLOWS_ADMIN_ACCESS

References:

Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-1999-0056

Source: SUN
Type: UNKNOWN
00174

Vulnerable Configuration:

Configuration 1:

cpe:/o:sun:sunos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Denotes that component is vulnerable