Record summary

CVE-1999-1489 has a selected CVSS score of 7.2; EIP currently links 1 catalogued exploit.

Description

Buffer overflow in TestChip function in XFree86 SuperProbe in Slackware Linux 3.1 allows local users to gain root privileges via a long -nopr argument.

Description source: CVE List

Exploitation context

Available material

Catalogued exploits
1

Proofs of concept

1

Catalogued exploits

ExploitDBSlackware Linux 3.1 - '/usr/X11/bin/SuperProbe' Local Buffer OverflowExploitDB exploitby SolarNot analyzed1 file
ExploitDB

PoC details

References

3