CVE-1999-1193

CRITICAL 10.0CVE-1999-1193 · Published 14/05/1991 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-1999-1193 is a CRITICAL (CVSS 10.0) vulnerability affecting next (next).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 2.2%, higher than 82.5% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
next next	`≤ 2.1`	No fix yet

The "me" user in NeXT NeXTstep 2.1 and earlier has wheel group privileges, which could allow the me user to use the su command to become root.

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