CVE-1999-0210

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Published Jun 2, 2000 CVSS 2.0 · 10.0 Critical EPSS 6.2% KEV · Not listed

Description

Automount daemon automountd allows local or remote users to gain privileges via shell metacharacters.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:2.4::x86:::::
	cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:2.5::x86:::::
	cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:2.5.1::x86:::::
	cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:5.4:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:5.5:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:5.5.1:::::::*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-1999-0210	Automount daemon automountd allows local or remote users to gain privileges via shell metacharacters.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 6.2% (6.222% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=88053459921223&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=91547759121289&w=2
http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-99-05-statd-automountd.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/235
http://www1.itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=HPSBUX9910-104

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Sun Solaris Sunos

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 1, 2024, 4:34 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Jun 2, 2000, 4:00 AM
Updated: Aug 1, 2024, 4:34 PM
Reserved: Jun 7, 1999, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Apr 16, 2026, 12:27 AM

Status: Modified
Published: Nov 26, 1997, 5:00 AM
Modified: Apr 16, 2026, 12:27 AM

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