CVE-1999-0783
FreeBSD allows local users to conduct a denial of service by creating a hard link from a device...
FreeBSD allows local users to conduct a denial of service by creating a hard link from a device special file to a file on an NFS file system.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- Low
- User interaction
- None
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
FreeBSD allows local users to conduct a denial of service by creating a hard link from a device special file to a file on an NFS file system.
- Record
CVE-1999-0783- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-59
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
FreeBSD allows local users to conduct a denial of service by creating a hard link from a device special file to a file on an NFS file system.
- Record
CVE-1999-0783- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-1999-0764 No score
FreeBSD allows local users to conduct a denial of service by creating a hard link from a device special file to a file on an NFS file system.
- Record
EUVD-1999-0764- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-mw4j-8wf7-4rfp
FreeBSD allows local users to conduct a denial of service by creating a hard link from a device...
FreeBSD allows local users to conduct a denial of service by creating a hard link from a device special file to a file on an NFS file system.
- Record
GHSA-mw4j-8wf7-4rfp- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-59
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-1999-0783 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) in Freebsd, published June 16, 1998. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.76%, the 55th percentile. No source names a fixed version.