CVE-1999-1395 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability affecting the Monitor utility (SYS$SHARE:SPISHR.EXE) in VMS versions 5.0 through 5.4-2. Rated with a CVSS score of 7.2 (HIGH), this flaw allows an unauthenticated local attacker to gain full control over the system with low attack complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code in common databases like Metasploit or ExploitDB, nor significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this decades-old vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
5.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:dec:dec_openvms:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:dec:dec_openvms:5.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:dec:dec_openvms:5.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:dec:dec_openvms:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:dec:dec_openvms:5.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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