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CVE-1999-0555

• Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 1999-01-01 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

A Unix account with a name other than "root" has UID 0, i.e. root privileges.

References

• https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-1999-0555
• https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-1999-0555

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