CVE-1999-0959 : Detail

The EPSS model produces a probability score between 0 and 1 (0 and 100%). The higher the score, the greater the probability that a vulnerability will be exploited.

The percentile is used to rank CVE according to their EPSS score. For example, a CVE in the 95th percentile according to its EPSS score is more likely to be exploited than 95% of other CVE. Thus, the percentile is used to compare the EPSS score of a CVE with that of other CVE.

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/469/info A vulnerability exists in the startmidi program from Silicon Graphics. This utility is included with Irix versions 5.x and 6.x with the Iris Digital Media Execution Environment. startmidi is setuid root, and creates a temporary file called /tmp/.midipid. It does not check to see if this file already exists, and is a symbolic link. As such, it can be used to create root owned files, with permissions as set by the user umask. % umask 0 % ln -s /blardyblar /tmp/.midipid % startmidi -d /dev/ttyd1 % ls -l /blardyblar -rw-rw-rw- 1 root pgrad 0 Feb 9 17:46 /blardyblar % stopmidi -d /dev/ttyd1 %