VulnerabilityModified
CVE-1999-1438
Vulnerability in /bin/mail in SunOS 4.1.1 and earlier allows local users to gain root privileges via certain command line arguments.
HIGH 7.2EPSS 0.41%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.41%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Vulnerability in /bin/mail in SunOS 4.1.1 and earlier allows local users to gain root privileges via certain command line arguments.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.2 HIGHAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 0.41% probability · 34th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- sun/sunos
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doctype=coll&doc=secbull/105Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-91.01a.SunOS.mail.vulnerabilityPatch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doctype=coll&doc=secbull/105Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-91.01a.SunOS.mail.vulnerabilityPatch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.