VulnerabilityModified
CVE-1999-1191
Buffer overflow in chkey in Solaris 2.5.1 and earlier allows local users to gain root privileges via a long command line argument.
HIGH 7.2EPSS 1.94%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.94%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Buffer overflow in chkey in Solaris 2.5.1 and earlier allows local users to gain root privileges via a long command line argument.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.2 HIGHAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 1.94% probability · 79th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- sun/solaris · sun/sunos
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- ftp://ftp.auscert.org.au/pub/auscert/advisory/AA-97.18.solaris.chkey.buffer.overflow.vulPatch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=87602167418335&w=2
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doctype=coll&doc=secbull/144Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7442.php
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/207Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- ftp://ftp.auscert.org.au/pub/auscert/advisory/AA-97.18.solaris.chkey.buffer.overflow.vulPatch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=87602167418335&w=2
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doctype=coll&doc=secbull/144Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7442.php
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/207Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.