CVE-1999-0084 — HIGH severity vulnerability (Certain NFS servers allow users to use mknod to gain privile)

Name: CVE-1999-0084 — HIGH severity vulnerability (Certain NFS servers allow users to use mknod to gain privile)
Creator: CVECheck

Certain NFS servers allow users to use mknod to gain privileges by creating a writable kmem device and setting the UID to 0.

CVE ID	CVE-1999-0084
Severity	HIGH
CVSS score	8.4
CVSS vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE	CWE-269, NVD-CWE-Other
Status	Modified
Published	1990-05-01
Last modified	2026-04-16
Description	Certain NFS servers allow users to use mknod to gain privileges by creating a writable kmem device and setting the UID to 0.
Source	NIST National Vulnerability Database

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