CVE-1999-0318 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability in xmcd version 2.0p12, allowing local users to gain elevated privileges via an environmental variable. This flaw affects products from vendors including HP, IBM, Red Hat, and Sun. With a CVSS score of 7.2 (HIGH), it presents a significant risk due to its low attack complexity and potential for complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there publicly available exploit modules in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB, and it has garnered no community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
11CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:11:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.5.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:5.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.