$ cve CVE-1999-0038 JSON

CVE-1999-0038 EXPLOIT

8.4

HIGH · CVSS 3.1 · EPSS 1.3% (pctl 70)

Patch early

A public exploit exists.

Description

Buffer overflow in xlock program allows local users to execute commands as root.

Scoring

CVSS	8.4 (HIGH, v3.1)
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS	1.32% — more likely to be exploited than 70% of all CVEs
Weakness	CWE-120
On CISA KEV	no
Public exploit	yes
Published	1997-04-26
Last modified	2026-06-16

Affected (8)

Vendor	Product
bsdi	bsd os
data general	dg ux
debian	debian linux
hp	hp-ux
ibm	aix
sgi	irix
sun	solaris
sun	sunos

Public exploits

Source	Title	Date
exploit-db	BSD/OS 2.1 / DG/UX 7.0 / Debian 1.3 / HP-UX 10.34 / IBM AIX 4.2 / SGI IRIX 6.4 / Solaris 2.5.1 - 'xlock' Local Overflow / Local Privilege Escalation (1)	1997-04-26
exploit-db	BSD/OS 2.1 / DG/UX 7.0 / Debian 1.3 / HP-UX 10.34 / IBM AIX 4.2 / SGI IRIX 6.4 / Solaris 2.5.1 - '/usr/bin/X11/xlock' Local Privilege Escalation (2)	1997-04-26

References

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