LiveActive security incident?Get immediate response
CVE Record

CVE-1999-1193: The "me" user in NeXT NeXTstep 2.1 and earlier has wheel group privileges, which could allow the me user to...

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.

UnknownCVSS not scoredNot KEV-listedUpdated
Discuss exposureBack to CVEs
Glexia's TakeAutomated analysis

Security readout for executives and security teams

CVE-1999-1193 is a historical local privilege issue in NeXT NeXTstep 2.1 and earlier. The bundled sources say the “me” user has wheel group privileges, which could allow that account to gain root privileges. Modern exposure is likely limited to legacy or preserved systems. Exposure is likely rare in current enterprises, but relevant where NeXTstep 2.1 or earlier remains in labs, archives, museums, embedded legacy workflows, or unsupported operational environments. Treat this as a legacy exposure review, not a broad emergency. Prioritize if NeXTstep systems still support business, research, or operational processes. Mitigation focus: Identify any NeXTstep 2.1 or earlier systems in asset inventory.; Check vendor or CERT guidance before changing unsupported legacy systems.; Remove unnecessary wheel privileges from non-administrative users where operationally safe..

Prepared

Generated from the cited source records. This long-tail analysis has not been individually reviewed by a named human.

Potential ATT&CK relevance

Conservative CVE-to-ATT&CK context

These mappings and lookup hints may be relevant to the vulnerability behavior, CWE, affected product, or exposure path. Glexia-inferred context is not an official MITRE, ATT&CK, CWE, or CVE Program mapping.

ATT&CK lookup starting points

Use these exact CWE pages and searches to review the Glexia ATT&CK library from this CVE's weakness and description context.

cve · low confidence lookup

CVE-1999-1193 mapping review

Open the CVE-to-ATT&CK bridge for reviewed, inferred, or future official mappings tied to this CVE.

Open ATT&CK lookup
Vulnerability profileCVE Program record
Severity
Unknown
CVSS
Not scored
Known Exploited
No
Published
Official CVE source material

CNA and ADP enrichment extracted from CVE v5

These fields come from the CVE record and ADP containers, not from Glexia's Take. They preserve time-varying source decisions such as CISA SSVC, KEV status, CVSS metrics, and provider references.

0CVSS vectors
0Timeline events
0ADP providers
2Source links

CVSS and timeline data

No CVSS vectors or timeline events were available in the normalized CVE source material.

Source materials

Affected products

Products and packages named in the record

VendorProductVersion / packageStatus
n/an/an/aListed
Weakness

CWE details

No CWE listed

CWE links open Glexia weakness intelligence pages with official CWE context, developer remediation guidance, and related CVE mappings.