Vulnerabilities > High

DATE CVE VULNERABILITY TITLE RISK
1996-07-16 CVE-1999-1301 Unspecified vulnerability in Freebsd
A design flaw in the Z-Modem protocol allows the remote sender of a file to execute arbitrary programs on the client, as implemented in rz in the rzsz module of FreeBSD before 2.1.5, and possibly other programs.
network
low complexity
freebsd
7.5
1996-07-09 CVE-1999-0137 Unspecified vulnerability in Fred N. VAN Kempen DIP 3.3.7O
The dip program on many Linux systems allows local users to gain root access via a buffer overflow.
local
low complexity
fred-n-van-kempen
7.2
1996-07-03 CVE-1999-0022 Local user gains root privileges via buffer overflow in rdist, via expstr() function.
local
low complexity
sgi bsdi freebsd hp ibm sun
7.2
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
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
1996-05-28 CVE-1999-0522 The permissions for a system-critical NIS+ table (e.g.
local
low complexity
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
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
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
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