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Fencer Vulns
high 7.2

CVE-1999-0405 json

A buffer overflow in lsof allows local users to obtain root privilege.

published 1999-02-18 27 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-1999-0405

cvss
7.2
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.8%
EPSS 0.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 55%
public exploits
2
Exploit-DB

Summary

A buffer overflow in lsof allows local users to obtain root privilege.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-19374)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

0.76% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 55% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-19374 Debian 2.0/2.0 r5 / FreeBSD 3.2 / OpenBSD 2.4 / RedHat 5.2 i386 / S.u.S.E 6.1 - 'Lsof' Local Buffer Overflow (2) local, 1999-02-17
  • EDB-19373 Debian 2.0/2.0 r5 / FreeBSD 3.2 / OpenBSD 2.4 / RedHat 5.2 i386 / S.u.S.E 6.1 - 'Lsof' Local Buffer Overflow (1) local, 1999-02-17

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.2 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

References

Sources

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