Quick answers
- Is CVE-1999-0956 exploited in the wild?
- No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-1999-0956 being exploited in the wild.
- How severe is CVE-1999-0956?
- High severity, with a CVSS score of 7.2, published 19 September 1997.
- Which products and versions are affected?
- NeXT NetInfo.
- Is there a fix for CVE-1999-0956?
- No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.
- How is CVE-1999-0956 attacked?
- It is attacked with local access, in an operating system.
- Am I affected by CVE-1999-0956?
- Check whether you run Next NetInfo. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.
Technical details
A privilege escalation vulnerability exists in the NeXT NetInfo administrative database system due to improper handling of the '_writers' property. A local attacker with standard user access can modify this property to gain unauthorized write access to sensitive system configurations. By exploiting this flaw, the attacker can escalate their privileges to root or cause a system-wide denial of service. The vulnerability is triggered locally and does not require prior administrative authentication.
Affected products
- NeXT NetInfo
Timeline
- 1997-09-19: disclosed