CVE Catalog

CVE-1999-1080

High
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.35%

27th percentile - higher than 27% of all known CVEs

Summary

The rmmount in SunOS 5.7 may mount file systems without the nosuid flag set, contrary to the documentation and its use in previous versions of SunOS. This allows local users with physical access to gain root privileges by mounting a floppy or CD-ROM containing a setuid program and running volcheck.

Risk Assessment

This vulnerability poses a risk to organizations as local users may gain unauthorized access to administrator privileges, potentially leading to serious security breaches.

Recommendation

It is recommended to configure rmmount to always use the nosuid flag and to review and update the rmmount.conf configuration to secure the system.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

rmmount in SunOS 5.7 may mount file systems without the nosuid flag set, contrary to the documentation and its use in previous versions of SunOS, which could allow local users with physical access to gain root privileges by mounting a floppy or CD-ROM that contains a setuid program and running volcheck, when the file systems do not have the nosuid option specified in rmmount.conf.

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