CVE-1999-1198 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in the BuildDisk program on NeXT systems prior to version 2.0. The flaw allows local users to gain root privileges because the program fails to prompt for the root password. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.2 (HIGH), indicating a low attack complexity and requiring local access, but leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there publicly available exploit modules or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:next:next:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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