CVE Catalog

CVE-1999-1142

High
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.39%

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

Summary

SunOS 4.1.2 and earlier allows local users to gain privileges via 'LD_*' environmental variables to certain dynamically linked setuid or setgid programs such as login, su, or sendmail.

Risk Assessment

The organization may be exposed to unauthorized access to the system, potentially leading to privilege escalation and security breaches.

Recommendation

It is recommended to upgrade the system to a newer version that is not vulnerable to this issue and to monitor and restrict access to critical programs.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

SunOS 4.1.2 and earlier allows local users to gain privileges via "LD_*" environmental variables to certain dynamically linked setuid or setgid programs such as (1) login, (2) su, or (3) sendmail, that change the real and effective user ids to the same user.

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