CVE-1999-1194 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in the chroot utility within Digital Ultrix versions 4.0 and 4.1 due to an insecure installation. This flaw allows local users to gain elevated privileges on affected systems. With a CVSS score of 7.2 (HIGH), the vulnerability has a low attack complexity and requires local access, but can lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed on the KEV catalog and having no reported active exploitation, an exploit is publicly available via ExploitDB (EDB-19041), though there is no significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:digital:ultrix:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:digital:ultrix:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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