CVE-1999-0084

High CVSS 8.4

Published 1990-05-01 · last changed 2026-06-16

The fix

We hold no Microsoft remediation data for CVE-1999-0084, which normally means it is not a Windows CVE. For non-Microsoft software the fix is the vendor's own updated release, and the affected versions are listed below.

What it is

Certain NFS servers allow users to use mknod to gain privileges by creating a writable kmem device and setting the UID to 0.

Sources

NVD record for CVE-1999-0084

CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H