# CVE-1999-0674: Privilege escalation in n/a

> A local attacker can exploit the BSD profil system call to modify program memory and escalate privileges or execute arbitrary code.

- **Severity:** High 7.2 (`AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 4 Jan 2000
- **Updated:** 1 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-q8cp-g8hf-5jjj

## What is CVE-1999-0674?

CVE-1999-0674 is a high-severity vulnerability in Netbsd Netbsd, published on 4 Jan 2000. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The BSD profil system call allows a local user to modify the internal data space of a program via profiling and execve.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-1999-0674?

It affects 4 products.


Products: Netbsd Netbsd, Openbsd Openbsd, Sun Solaris, Sun Sunos.

## How do I fix CVE-1999-0674?

No fix has been published for CVE-1999-0674 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-1999-0674 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-1999-0674 exists.

Public exploit code:

- NetBSD 1.4 / OpenBSD 2.5 / Solaris 7.0 - 'profil(2)' Modify The Internal Data Space (exploitdb)

## Other vulnerabilities in Netbsd Netbsd

- [CVE-2017-1000374](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-1000374/): Security feature bypass in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2017-1000375](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-1000375/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2017-1000378](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-1000378/): Denial of service in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2015-8212](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2015-8212/): Command injection in n/a (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2008-3584](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-3584/): Denial of service in n/a (critical 9.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-1999-0674 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-1999-0674 is a high-severity vulnerability in Netbsd Netbsd, published on 4 Jan 2000. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-1999-0674 exists.

Affected product: Netbsd Netbsd. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-1999-0674/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-1999-0674/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-1999-0674
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-1999-0674
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-1999-0674

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