Quick answers
- Is CVE-1999-1392 exploited in the wild?
- No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-1999-1392 being exploited in the wild.
- How severe is CVE-1999-1392?
- High severity, with a CVSS score of 7.2, published 3 October 1990.
- Which products and versions are affected?
- Nextstep 1.0, 1.0a.
- Is there a fix for CVE-1999-1392?
- 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-1999-1392 attacked?
- It is attacked with local access, in an operating system.
- Am I affected by CVE-1999-1392?
- Check whether you run Next Nex, Next or Nextstep at an affected version. 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
The vulnerability exists within the restore0.9 installation script provided with NeXT 1.0 and 1.0a operating systems. A local attacker can exploit this flaw to escalate their privileges to root. The root cause is a vulnerability in the script's execution logic or permission handling during the installation process. Successful exploitation grants the attacker full system access. Patches were historically made available by the vendor to address this issue.
Affected products
- NeXT NeXTSTEP 1.0, 1.0a
Timeline
- 1990-10-03: advisory: Initial NVD publication date
- 1990-10-03: disclosed: Date of CERT advisory CA-1990-06