CVE-1999-0048 describes a critical vulnerability in the Talkd service, affecting products from Debian, IBM, and NEC. This flaw allows an unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary commands with root privileges by providing corrupt DNS information. With a CVSS score of 10.0 (HIGH), it represents a severe risk due to its network-based attack vector, low attack complexity, and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion has been identified, the potential impact remains extremely high.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
0.07CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:debian:netkit:0.07:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:nec:asl_ux_4800:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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