Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in BSD Profil System Call
CVE-1999-0674

Currently unrated

Key Information:

Vendor

Oracle
Status
Sunos
Solaris
Netbsd
OpenBSD
Vendor
CVE Published:
9 August 1999

What is CVE-1999-0674?

A vulnerability in the BSD operating system's profil system call enables local users to manipulate the internal data space of running programs through profiling actions followed by the execve call. This could allow an attacker to increase their privileges on the system, potentially leading to unauthorized access or control over system resources.

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/570
vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/j-067.shtml
third-party-advisorygovernment-resourcex_refsource_CIAC

Timeline

  • Vulnerability Reserved

  • Vulnerability published

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