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CVE-1999-1489 [severity HIGH] Buffer overflow in TestC

hip function in XFree86 SuperProbe in Slackware Linux 3.1 allows local users to gain root privileges via a long -nopr argument. NIST National Vulnerability Database (NVD) -- services.nvd.nist.gov (CVE / CVSS / CPE). {"cve":{"id":"CVE-1999-1489","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","published":"1997-03-04T05:00:00.000","lastModified":"2026-06-16T21:50:33.060","vulnStatus":"Modified","cveTags":[],"descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"Buffer overflow in TestChip function in XFree86 SuperProbe in Slackware Linux 3.1 allows local users to gain root privileges via a long -nopr argument."}],"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:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C","baseScore":7.2,"accessVector":"LOCAL","accessComplexity":"LOW","authentication":"NONE","confidentialityImpact":"COMPLETE","integrityImpact":"COMPLETE","availabilityImpact":"COMPLETE"},"baseSeverity":"HIGH","exploitabilityScore":3.9,"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:o:slackware:slackware_linux:3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","matchCriteriaId":"9FDBA67D-84A7-42D6-A994-7C967B6306D3"}]}]}],"references":[{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/6384","source":"cve@mitre.org","tags":["Exploit","Vendor Advisory"]},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/364","source":"cve@mitre.org","tags":["Exploit","Patch","Vendor Advisory"]},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/6384","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108","tags":["Exploit","Vendor Advisory"]},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/364","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108","tags":["Exploit","Patch","Vendor Advisory"]}]}},