CVE-1999-1434

highpriority · track · 39EPSS 0.008 · 56 %ileexploit · functionalEUUS
grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent
Exploitable?
Public exploit
1 exploit · functional
Likely / severe?
0.79% (56th) EPSS
CVSS 7.2 · high
Is it mine?
6 products
Check your exposure
Who says so?
2 sources
enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

login in Slackware Linux 3.2 through 3.5 does not properly check for an error when the /etc/group file is missing, which prevents it from dropping privileges, causing it to assign root privileges to any local user who logs on to the server.

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cvss

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

7.2
010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.5–7.2

v2.07.2highAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:Cprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 10
v2.06.5mediumAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C/E:POCsecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)
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weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-250USLLM-inferredCWE-264USLLM-inferred
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exploits (1)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

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affected products (6)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

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also known as (2)

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sources

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enisa_euvdnvdNVDCVE.orgMITRE
published 1998-07-13modified 2026-06-16
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references (4)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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