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CVE-1999-1193 [severity HIGH] The \ NIST National Vuln

erability Database (NVD) -- services.nvd.nist.gov (CVE / CVSS / CPE). {"cve":{"id":"CVE-1999-1193","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","published":"1991-05-14T04:00:00.000","lastModified":"2026-06-16T21:49:54.997","vulnStatus":"Modified","cveTags":[],"descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"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."}],"affected":[{"source":"cve@mitre.org","affectedData":[{"vendor":"n/a","product":"n/a","versions":[{"version":"n/a","status":"affected"}]}]}],"metrics":{"cvssMetricV2":[{"source":"nvd@nist.gov","type":"Primary","cvssData":{"version":"2.0","vectorString":"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C","baseScore":10.0,"accessVector":"NETWORK","accessComplexity":"LOW","authentication":"NONE","confidentialityImpact":"COMPLETE","integrityImpact":"COMPLETE","availabilityImpact":"COMPLETE"},"baseSeverity":"HIGH","exploitabilityScore":10.0,"impactScore":10.0,"acInsufInfo":false,"obtainAllPrivilege":true,"obtainUserPrivilege":false,"obtainOtherPrivilege":false,"userInteractionRequired":false}]},"weaknesses":[{"source":"nvd@nist.gov","type":"Primary","description":[{"lang":"en","value":"NVD-CWE-Other"}]}],"configurations":[{"nodes":[{"operator":"OR","negate":false,"cpeMatch":[{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:a:next:next:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","versionEndIncluding":"2.1","matchCriteriaId":"ACE9BEA7-5F68-4861-B7F8-7C9A8889DBAB"}]}]}],"references":[{"url":"http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-1991-06.html","source":"cve@mitre.org","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory","US Government Resource"]},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/581","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-1991-06.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory","US Government Resource"]},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/581","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}]}},