CVE-2004-1079

CVE-2004-1079 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability in the ncplogin and ncpmap utilities within ncpfs 2.2.4, and potentially other versions. This flaw allows local users to escalate privileges by supplying an excessively long -T option. With a CVSS score of 7.2, this vulnerability is considered high severity, indicating that a local attacker can achieve complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability with low attack complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.