CVE-1999-0963 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in the FreeBSD mount_union command. This flaw allows an unauthenticated local attacker to gain root privileges through a symbolic link attack. With a CVSS score of 7.2 (HIGH), exploitation is straightforward with low attack complexity, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this legacy vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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