CVE-1999-0555 represents a critical security misconfiguration in Unix-based systems where a non-root account is assigned UID 0, effectively granting it root-level administrative privileges. This vulnerability carries a maximum CVSS score of 10.0 due to its potential for remote, unauthenticated exploitation that results in a complete loss of system confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite a high risk assessment, there is currently no intelligence indicating active exploitation, public exploit code availability, or recent community discussion regarding this legacy issue.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| N/A | N/A | n/aCNA affected |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.