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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-1999-0069

Solaris ufsrestore buffer overflow.

EXPLOIT ×2 ✓HIGH 8.4EPSS 1.40%

Does this matter?

2 public exploits are published in Exploit-DB (verified) and the impact is high, while EPSS rates exploitation at 1.4%. Anyone can run this; patch or mitigate before the next change window and check exposed instances for signs of use.

Description

Solaris ufsrestore buffer overflow.

CVSS 3.1
8.4 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
1.40% probability · 72th percentile
Public exploits
2 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 23 April 1998
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-119
Affected
sun/sunos
Source
cve@mitre.org
EPSS trend
0%3%5%26 October 2026: 1.40%26 October 202626 October 2026

EPSS 1.4% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

Public exploits (2)

Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.

EDB-IDTitleTypePublishedVerified
EDB-19534source ↗Solaris 7.0 - 'ufsdump' Local Buffer Overflow (2)solaris · Cheez Whizlocal30 December 1998yes
EDB-19533source ↗Solaris 7.0 - 'ufsdump' Local Buffer Overflow (1)solaris · smmlocal23 April 1998yes

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.