CVE-1999-0705

INN - Buffer Overflow in inews Program

Title source: llm

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-1999-0705. PoCs published by bawd.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit targets a buffer overflow in INN's inews program (versions 2.2 and earlier) to execute arbitrary shellcode, potentially granting the attacker the news group privileges. The PoC constructs a malicious input file and invokes inews to trigger the overflow.

Description

Buffer overflow in INN inews program.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED

by bawd · clocalmultiple

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/19480

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This exploit targets a buffer overflow in INN's inews program (versions 2.2 and earlier) to execute arbitrary shellcode, potentially granting the attacker the news group privileges. The PoC constructs a malicious input file and invokes inews to trigger the overflow.

Classification

Working Poc 95%

Attack Type

Lpe

Complexity

Moderate

Reliability

Reliable

Target: INN (InterNetNews) inews <= 2.2

No auth needed

Prerequisites: inews must be setgid to the news group · inews must be world-executable · attacker must have local access to execute inews

MITRE ATT&CK

T1068 - Exploitation for Privilege Escalation T1203 - Exploitation for Client Execution

devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (1)

Core 1

Core References

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/616

Scores

EPSS 0.0478

EPSS Percentile 90.8%

Details

Status published

Products (2)

isc/inn

redhat/linux 6.0

Published Sep 01, 1999

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026