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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-1999-0164

A race condition in the Solaris ps command allows an attacker to overwrite critical files.

MEDIUM 6.2EPSS 0.29%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.29%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

A race condition in the Solaris ps command allows an attacker to overwrite critical files.

CVSS 2.0
6.2 MEDIUMAV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS
0.29% probability · 22th percentile
Public exploits
None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV
Not listed
Affected
sun/sunos
Source
cve@mitre.org
EPSS trend
0%3%5%26 October 2026: 0.29%26 October 202626 October 2026

EPSS 0.3% 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.

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