CVE-1999-1021

NFS on SunOS 4.1 through 4.1.2 ignores the high order 16 bits in a 32 bit UID, which allows a local user to gain root access if the lower 16 bits are set to 0, as fixed by the NFS jumbo patch upgrade...

Linux Kernel 2.0.37 - Segment Limit Privilege Escalation

Linux Kernel 2.0.37 - Segment Limit Privilege Escalation / source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/523/info This vulnerability has to do with the division of the address space between a user process and the kernel. Because of a bug, if you select a non-standard memory configuration, sometimes...