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CVE-1999-1193

The "me" user in NeXT NeXTstep 2.1 and earlier has wheel group privileges, which could allow the me user to use the su command to become root.

Published

1991-05-14T04:00:00.000

Last Modified

2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 10.0 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: COMPLETE
Integrity Impact: COMPLETE
Availability Impact: COMPLETE

Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

10.0

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	next	next	≤ 2.1	Yes

References

http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-1991-06.html Patch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20 ([email protected])
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/581 ([email protected])
http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-1991-06.html Patch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/581 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)