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CVE-1999-0342

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-1999-0342 describes a vulnerability in Linux PAM modules where local users can achieve root access by exploiting insecure temporary file handling. This medium-severity flaw (CVSS 6.2) requires local access and high attack complexity, but if successful, it grants complete confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 0.64CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:pam:pam:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.2MEDIUM

AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
HIGH
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.9
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.33%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
25.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0033 is in the 25th percentile among its peer group of 1,595 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/CVE-1999-0342