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CVE-1999-1021

HIGH CVSS: 7.2 Published: 1992-12-30 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

NFS on SunOS 4.1 through 4.1.2 ignores the high order 16 bits in a 32 bit UID, which allows a local user to gain root access if the lower 16 bits are set to 0, as fixed by the NFS jumbo patch upgrade.

Affected Platforms

Sun Sunos

Weakness Type

NVD-CWE-Other

References