CVE Catalog

CVE-1999-0966

High
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.40%

31th percentile - higher than 31% of all known CVEs

Summary

Buffer overflow in the getopt function in the libc library on Solaris allows local users to gain root privileges via a long argv[0].

Risk Assessment

This vulnerability poses a serious security risk as local users can gain unauthorized access to the administrator account.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update the Solaris system to the latest version to mitigate this vulnerability and restrict access to user accounts.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Buffer overflow in Solaris getopt in libc allows local users to gain root privileges via a long argv[0].

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS