Certain NFS servers allow users to use mknod to gain privileges by creating a writable kmem device and setting the UID to 0.
Published 1 May 1990 · CVSS 8.4
Advisories
CVE-1999-0084 — Certain NFS servers allow users to use mknod to gain privileges by creating a writable kmem device and sett…
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