VulnerabilityModified
CVE-1999-1137
The permissions for the /dev/audio device on Solaris 2.2 and earlier, and SunOS 4.1.x, allow any local user to read from the device, which could be used by an attacker to monitor conversations happening near a machine that has a microphone.
LOW 2.1EPSS 0.40%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.40%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
The permissions for the /dev/audio device on Solaris 2.2 and earlier, and SunOS 4.1.x, allow any local user to read from the device, which could be used by an attacker to monitor conversations happening near a machine that has a microphone.
- CVSS 2.0
- 2.1 LOWAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.40% probability · 34th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- sun/solaris · sun/sunos
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doctype=coll&doc=secbull/122&type=0&nav=sec.sbaPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/e-01.shtmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.osvdb.org/6436
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/549
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doctype=coll&doc=secbull/122&type=0&nav=sec.sbaPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/e-01.shtmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.osvdb.org/6436
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/549
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.