CVE-1999-0388 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in DataLynx suGuard 1.0. The software insecurely trusts the PATH environment variable when executing the 'ps' command, allowing a local attacker to execute arbitrary commands with root privileges. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.6 (Medium), indicating a low attack complexity and requiring local access, but potentially leading to full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not actively exploited in the wild and lacking significant community discussion or media coverage, an exploit is publicly available on ExploitDB.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:datalynx:suguard:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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