CVE-1999-0121
CVSS 2.0 Score 7.2 of 10 (high)
Details
Published Jan 21, 1999
Updated: Nov 20, 2024
Summary
CVE-1999-0121 is a significant buffer overflow vulnerability affecting the dtaction command. By exploiting this issue, an attacker can gain root access to the system. The vulnerability is located within the dtaction command and allows malicious input to overflow the buffer, resulting in arbitrary code execution with elevated privileges. This issue poses a serious risk to system security and requires immediate patching to mitigate the threat.
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