CVE-1999-1534

HIGH 7.2CVE-1999-1534 · Published 23/09/1999 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-1999-1534 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.2) vulnerability affecting arkeia (knox software).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.1%, higher than 65.2% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
arkeia knox_software	`= 4.0`	No fix yet

Description

Buffer overflow in (1) nlservd and (2) rnavc in Knox Software Arkeia backup product allows local users to obtain root access via a long HOME environmental variable.

References

marc.info
securityfocus.com/bid/661 · Exploit

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