CVE-1999-1534: Knox Software Arkeia

High severity, CVSS 7.2. EPSS: 1.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Knox Software Arkeia: version 4.0 only

Published 1999-09-23. Last modified 2026-06-16.