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CVE-1999-1044

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FAUCET Score

CVE-1999-1044 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability within the Advanced File System Utility (advfs) in Digital UNIX versions 4.0 through 4.0d. This flaw allows local users to gain elevated privileges on affected systems. With a CVSS score of 4.6 (Medium), exploitation requires local access and has low attack complexity, potentially leading to compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no known active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= v4.0dCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:digital:unix:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
v4.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:digital:unix:v4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.6MEDIUM

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.31%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
22.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0031 is in the 30th percentile among its peer group of 3,052 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

ciac.llnl.gov / ciac/bulletins/i-050.shtml
iss.net / security_center/static/7431.php