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CVE-1999-1198
BuildDisk program on NeXT systems before 2.0 does not prompt users for the root password, which allows local users to gain root privileges.
High7.2EPSS 0.41%
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Description
BuildDisk program on NeXT systems before 2.0 does not prompt users for the root password, which allows local users to gain root privileges.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.2 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.41% · top 64% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.2.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (4)
- CA-1990-06 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
- B-01 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisorygovernment-resourcex_refsource_CIACx_transferred
- nextstep-builddisk-root-access(7141) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 11 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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