VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-1999-1385

CVSS score7.2 HIGH
EPSS probability0.39%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published1996-12-19
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Description

Buffer overflow in ppp program in FreeBSD 2.1 and earlier allows local users to gain privileges via a long HOME environment variable.

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