7.2
CVSSv2

CVE-1999-1471

Published: 01/01/1989 Updated: 05/09/2008
CVSS v2 Base Score: 7.2 | Impact Score: 10 | Exploitability Score: 3.9
VMScore: 641
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Vulnerability Summary

Buffer overflow in passwd in BSD based operating systems 4.3 and previous versions allows local users to gain root privileges by specifying a long shell or GECOS field.

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a tool for downloading the BugTraq Ids database

bidDB_downloader bidDB_downloader is a tool for downloading the BugTraq Ids database from the wwwsecurityfocuscom/ pages To fulfill its mission, each BugTraq Id and its info is parsed from the HTML and exported in a JSON way Requirements Before bidDB_downloader usage, you must have installed Python >= 345 and the requirements: Python 345 or later Pip3 Jo