CVE Catalog

CVE-1999-1158

High
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Elevated risk
0.84%

53th percentile - higher than 53% of all known CVEs

Summary

Buffer overflow in pluggable authentication modules (PAM) on Solaris 2.5.1 and 2.5 and unix_scheme in Solaris 2.4 and 2.3 allows local users to gain root privileges via programs that use these modules such as passwd, yppasswd, and nispasswd.

Risk Assessment

Local users can gain unauthorized access to root accounts, posing a serious security threat to the system.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update the system to the latest version and apply relevant security patches to mitigate the buffer overflow risk.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Buffer overflow in (1) pluggable authentication module (PAM) on Solaris 2.5.1 and 2.5 and (2) unix_scheme in Solaris 2.4 and 2.3 allows local users to gain root privileges via programs that use these modules such as passwd, yppasswd, and nispasswd.

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