Executive Summary

Informations
Name CVE-1999-0783 First vendor Publication 1998-06-16
Vendor Cve Last vendor Modification 2024-01-26

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Overall CVSS Score 5.5
Base Score 5.5 Environmental Score 5.5
impact SubScore 3.6 Temporal Score 5.5
Exploitabality Sub Score 1.8
 
Attack Vector Local Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None Availability Impact High
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Cvss Base Score 5 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 2.9 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 10 Authentication None Required
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Detail

FreeBSD allows local users to conduct a denial of service by creating a hard link from a device special file to a file on an NFS file system.

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-1999-0783

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Os 1

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
6090 FreeBSD Device Special File Hard Link NFS DoS

FreeBSD contains a flaw that may allow a local denial of service. The issue is triggered when a malicious user hard links a device special file to a file on an NFS mounted file system, and will result in loss of availability for the platform.

Sources (Detail)

Source Url
CIAC http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/i-057.shtml
OSVDB http://www.osvdb.org/6090

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