CVE-1999-1435 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability in the libsocks5 library of Socks 5 version 1.0r5, affecting NEC socks_5. This flaw allows local users to escalate privileges by providing excessively long environmental variables. With a CVSS score of 7.2 (HIGH), exploitation is considered low complexity, requiring local access, and could lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.0r5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:nec:socks_5:1.0r5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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