Vulnerabilities

DATE CVE VULNERABILITY TITLE RISK
1996-10-01 CVE-1999-0246 Unspecified vulnerability in HP Hp-Ux
HP Remote Watch allows a remote user to gain root access.
network
low complexity
hp
critical
10.0
1996-10-01 CVE-1999-0206 Unspecified vulnerability in Eric Allman Sendmail 8.8/8.8.1
MIME buffer overflow in Sendmail 8.8.0 and 8.8.1 gives root access.
network
low complexity
eric-allman
critical
10.0
1996-09-21 CVE-1999-0961 Unspecified vulnerability in HP Hp-Ux 9.04/9.05
HPUX sysdiag allows local users to gain root privileges via a symlink attack during log file creation.
local
high complexity
hp
6.2
1996-09-19 CVE-1999-0116 Unspecified vulnerability in IBM AIX and SNG
Denial of service when an attacker sends many SYN packets to create multiple connections without ever sending an ACK to complete the connection, aka SYN flood.
network
low complexity
ibm
5.0
1996-09-17 CVE-1999-1295 Unspecified vulnerability in Transarc DCE Distributed File System 1.1
Transarc DCE Distributed File System (DFS) 1.1 for Solaris 2.4 and 2.5 does not properly initialize the grouplist for users who belong to a large number of groups, which could allow those users to gain access to resources that are protected by DFS.
local
low complexity
transarc
4.6
1996-09-13 CVE-1999-1383 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls vulnerability in multiple products
(1) bash before 1.14.7, and (2) tcsh 6.05 allow local users to gain privileges via directory names that contain shell metacharacters (` back-tick), which can cause the commands enclosed in the directory name to be executed when the shell expands filenames using the \w option in the PS1 variable.
local
low complexity
gnu tcsh CWE-264
4.6
1996-09-11 CVE-1999-0131 Buffer overflow and denial of service in Sendmail 8.7.5 and earlier through GECOS field gives root access to local users.
local
low complexity
eric-allman bsdi digital freebsd hp ibm redhat sco
7.2
1996-09-04 CVE-1999-1252 Unspecified vulnerability in SCO Unixware 2.0.X/2.1.0
Vulnerability in a certain system call in SCO UnixWare 2.0.x and 2.1.0 allows local users to access arbitrary files and gain root privileges.
local
low complexity
sco
7.2
1996-09-01 CVE-1999-0324 Unspecified vulnerability in HP Hp-Ux
ppl program in HP-UX allows local users to create root files through symlinks.
local
low complexity
hp
7.2
1996-08-30 CVE-1999-1309 Unspecified vulnerability in Sendmail
Sendmail before 8.6.7 allows local users to gain root access via a large value in the debug (-d) command line option.
local
low complexity
sendmail
7.2