A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Host (affected version unknown). Affected is an unknown functionality of the component Discard Service. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

The discard service is running.

The weakness was published 01/01/1999. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-1999-0636. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

It is declared as highly functional. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 11367 (Discard Service Detection), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Service detection and running in the context r.

It is possible to mitigate the problem by applying the configuration setting .

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (11367). Similar entries are available at 14404, 14403, 14402 and 14401.

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