g utility allows local or remote attackers to gain root privileges. NIST National Vulnerability Database (NVD) -- services.nvd.nist.gov (CVE / CVSS / CPE). {"cve":{"id":"CVE-1999-0099","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","published":"1995-10-19T04:00:00.000","lastModified":"2026-06-16T21:47:35.080","vulnStatus":"Modified","cveTags":[],"descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"Buffer overflow in syslog utility allows local or remote attackers to gain root privileges."}],"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:o:bsdi:bsd_os:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","matchCriteriaId":"DD254562-D74A-4D7C-B846-E242D785B830"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:bsdi:bsd_os:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","matchCriteriaId":"BBFBCFEE-C24C-4D38-83F9-810E05D27901"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:convex:convexos:10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","matchCriteriaId":"23D54B03-A4A6-4EAA-99FF-0E9C95B9E577"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:convex:convexos:10.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","matchCriteriaId":"8F66F8E1-5C8C-4083-A249-C0CDC3EF5E65"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:convex:convexos:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","matchCriteriaId":"8951D00C-8F5F-4A3B-ACFA-11E3CF81E263"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:convex:convexos:11.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","matchCriteriaId":"91E2EDDA-29A5-4667-9F0E-8E2D2B814426"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:convex:spp-ux:3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","matchCriteriaId":"14DE04D9-AC79-4278-93A1-84BA6BDB4486"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:cray:unicos:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","matchCriteriaId":"2E9226A7-8253-4AA4-8BD1-31219080261B"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:cray:unicos:8.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","matchCriteriaId":"3E7D776A-9DC2-4479-8064-BB86E005B2DB"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:cray:unicos:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","matchCriteriaId":"FFB0C892-B2B2-4810-A009-AE1809730FE6"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","matchCriteriaId":"DD5E0678-45C7-492A-963C-897494D6878F"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:ibm:aix:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","matchCriteriaId":"FBF25306-E7C2-4F9A-A809-4779A6C0A079"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:2.4:*:x86:*:*:*:*:*","matchCriteriaId":"1F881110-7B54-49DA-B23A-710273430C44"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:4.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","matchCriteriaId":"615FA6E4-4DE0-422A-9220-F747D95192C9"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:4.1.3u1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","matchCriteriaId":"FD1BA107-F2D3-4F13-82EC-4576C429E3C1"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:4.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","matchCriteriaId":"1070749A-65E9-439A-A7CC-3CE529A5D5E7"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","matchCriteriaId":"C7A22D21-E0A9-4B56-86C7-805AD1A610D6"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","matchCriteriaId":"7AAC8954-74A8-4FE3-ABE7-57DA041D9D8F"}]}]}],"references":[{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/CVE-1999-0099","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/CVE-1999-0099","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}]}},