Privilege Escalation: Non-Root Unix Account with UID 0

Privilege Escalation: Non-Root Unix Account with UID 0

CVE-1999-0555 · HIGH Severity

AV:N/AC:L/AU:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

A Unix account with a name other than "root" has UID 0, i.e. root privileges.

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