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

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 1999-09-29T04:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-01T20:39:56.806Z

Reserved: 1999-06-07T00:00:00

Link: CVE-1999-0084

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-01T16:27:57.559Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 1990-05-01T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2024-11-20T23:27:48.653

Link: CVE-1999-0084

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