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CVE-1999-0405

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 1999-02-18 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

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

Affected products

• Debian Linux: 2.0, 2.0.5
• FreeBSD: 2.0, 2.0.5, 2.1.0, 2.1.5, 2.1.6, 2.1.7.1 (+9)
• RedHat Linux: 5.2
• Suse Linux: 4.2, 4.3, 4.4, 4.4.1, 5.0, 5.1 (+4)

References

• http://www.osvdb.org/3163
• http://www.osvdb.org/3163

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