CVE-1999-0046

highpriority · attend · 68EPSS 0.519 · 99 %ileexploit · functionalEUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

Public exploit

1 exploit · functional

Likely / severe?

51.9% (99th) EPSS

CVSS 10 · high

Is it mine?

43 products

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Who says so?

2 sources

enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-21

Buffer overflow of rlogin program using TERM environmental variable.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

10.0

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.010highAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:Cprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 10 · impact 10

v2.010highAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C/E:Hsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-120USprimary

exploits (1)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

EDB-19203BSD/OS 2.1 / DG/UX 4.0 / Debian 0.93 / Digital UNIX 4.0 B / FreeBSD 2.1.5 / HP-UX 10.34 / IBM AIX 4.1.5 / NetBSD 1.0/1.1 / NeXTstep 4.0 / SGI IRIX 6.3 / SunOS 4.1.4 - 'rlogin' Local Privilege Escalationfunctional · exploit_db

affected products (43)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
bsdi bsd os= 1.1nvdUScpe:2.3:o:bsdi:bsd_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bsdi bsd os= 2.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:bsdi:bsd_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bsdi bsd os= 2.0.1nvdUScpe:2.3:o:bsdi:bsd_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
bsdi bsd os= 2.1nvdUScpe:2.3:o:bsdi:bsd_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
debian debian linux= 0.93nvdUScpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
digital ultrixall versionsnvdUScpe:2.3:o:digital:ultrix:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
freebsd freebsd= 1.1.5.1nvdUScpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
freebsd freebsd= 2.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
freebsd freebsd= 2.0.5nvdUScpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
freebsd freebsd= 2.1.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
freebsd freebsd= 2.1.5nvdUScpe:2.3:o:freebsd:freebsd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
hp hp-ux= 10.00nvdUScpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
hp hp-ux= 10.01nvdUScpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
hp hp-ux= 10.08nvdUScpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
hp hp-ux= 10.09nvdUScpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
hp hp-ux= 10.10nvdUScpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
hp hp-ux= 10.16nvdUScpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
hp hp-ux= 10.20nvdUScpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
hp hp-ux= 10.24nvdUScpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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sources

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enisa_euvd nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 1997-02-06modified 2026-06-16

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references (2)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/CVE-1999-0046 enisa_euvd
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/CVE-1999-0046Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entrynvd

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