$ cve CVE-1999-0046 JSON

CVE-1999-0046 EXPLOIT

10.0

HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 51.9% (pctl 99)

Patch early

A public exploit exists.

Buffer overflow of rlogin program using TERM environmental variable.

CVSS	10.0 (HIGH, v2.0)
Vector	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS	51.88% — more likely to be exploited than 99% of all CVEs
Weakness	CWE-120
On CISA KEV	no
Public exploit	yes
Published	1997-02-06
Last modified	2026-06-16

Source	Title	Date
exploit-db	BSD/OS 2.1 / DG/UX 4.0 / Debian 0.93 / Digital UNIX 4.0 B / FreeBSD 2.1.5 / HP-UX 10.34 / IBM AIX 4.1.5 / NetBSD 1.0/1.1 / NeXTstep 4.0 / SGI IRIX 6.3 / SunOS 4.1.4 - 'rlogin' Local Privilege Escalation	1996-12-04