Where
-Infinity
0
Severity
10
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NFS allows attackers to read and write any file on the system by specifying a false UID.

First published (updated )
Severity
10
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NFS cache poisoning.

First published (updated )
Severity
5
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

NFS allows users to use a "cd .." command to access other directories besides the exported file system.

First published (updated )
Severity
8.4
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Certain NFS servers allow users to use mknod to gain privileges by creating a writable kmem device and setting the UID to 0.

First published (updated )

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