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CVE-1999-1193

Severity

HIGH

CVSS

10.0

EPSS

0.02206

Risk score

40.77

CISA KEV

No

PoC

No

Published

2002-03-09

Modified

2024-08-01

First seen

2026-08-05

Aliases

EUVD-1999-1174, GHSA-H2W4-25QF-688G

Products

n/a:n/a n/a, next:next

Sources

nvd CVE-1999-1193
euvd EUVD-1999-1174

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.

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