VulnerabilityModified
CVE-1999-1388
passwd in SunOS 4.1.x allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack and the -F command line argument.
MEDIUM 6.2EPSS 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
passwd in SunOS 4.1.x allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack and the -F command line argument.
- CVSS 2.0
- 6.2 MEDIUMAV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 0.40% probability · 33th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- sun/sunos
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://www.dataguard.no/bugtraq/1994_4/0755.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www2.dataguard.no/bugtraq/1994_2/0197.htmlExploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www2.dataguard.no/bugtraq/1994_2/0207.htmlPatch
- http://www.dataguard.no/bugtraq/1994_4/0755.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www2.dataguard.no/bugtraq/1994_2/0197.htmlExploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www2.dataguard.no/bugtraq/1994_2/0207.htmlPatch
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.