Vulnerabilities > High

DATE CVE VULNERABILITY TITLE RISK
1996-06-26 CVE-1999-0138 The suidperl and sperl program do not give up root privileges when changing UIDs back to the original users, allowing root access.
local
low complexity
ibm linux nec digital freebsd hp apple
7.2
7.2
1996-06-07 CVE-1999-1253 Unspecified vulnerability in SCO Internet Faststart and Openserver
Vulnerability in a kernel error handling routine in SCO OpenServer 5.0.2 and earlier, and SCO Internet FastStart 1.0, allows local users to gain root privileges.
local
low complexity
sco
7.2
7.2
1996-05-28 CVE-1999-0522 The permissions for a system-critical NIS+ table (e.g.
local
low complexity
 7.2
7.2
1996-03-01 CVE-1999-0142 The Java Applet Security Manager implementation in Netscape Navigator 2.0 and Java Developer's Kit 1.0 allows an applet to connect to arbitrary hosts.
network
low complexity
sun netscape
7.5
7.5
1996-02-02 CVE-1999-1491 Unspecified vulnerability in Redhat Linux 2.1
abuse.console in Red Hat 2.1 uses relative pathnames to find and execute the undrv program, which allows local users to execute arbitrary commands via a path that points to a Trojan horse program.
local
low complexity
redhat
7.2
7.2
1996-01-02 CVE-1999-1186 rxvt, when compiled with the PRINT_PIPE option in various Linux operating systems including Linux Slackware 3.0 and RedHat 2.1, allows local users to gain root privileges by specifying a malicious program using the -print-pipe command line parameter.
local
low complexity
rxvt redhat slackware
7.2
7.2
1995-12-01 CVE-1999-0325 Unspecified vulnerability in HP Hp-Ux 8/9
vhe_u_mnt program in HP-UX allows local users to create root files through symlinks.
local
low complexity
hp
7.2
7.2
1995-12-01 CVE-1999-0316 Unspecified vulnerability in SAM Lantinga Splitvt
Buffer overflow in Linux splitvt command gives root access to local users.
local
low complexity
sam-lantinga
7.2
7.2
1995-08-31 CVE-1999-0155 Unspecified vulnerability in Aladdin Enterprises Ghostscript 2.6/3.22
The ghostscript command with the -dSAFER option allows remote attackers to execute commands.
network
low complexity
aladdin-enterprises
7.5
7.5
1995-08-23 CVE-1999-1580 SunOS sendmail 5.59 through 5.65 uses popen to process a forwarding host argument, which allows local users to gain root privileges by modifying the IFS (Internal Field Separator) variable and passing crafted values to the -oR option.
local
low complexity
sendmail sun
7.2
7.2