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CVE-1999-1193

• Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 1991-05-14 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The "me" user in NeXT NeXTstep 2.1 and earlier has wheel group privileges, which could allow the me user to use the su command to become root.

Affected products

• Next: through 2.1

References

• http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-1991-06.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/581
• http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-1991-06.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/581

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