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CVE-1999-0245

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.6 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 1995-09-07 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Some configurations of NIS+ in Linux allowed attackers to log in as the user "+".

Affected products

• Linux kernel: 2.6.20.1

References

• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/CVE-1999-0245
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/CVE-1999-0245

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