CVE Catalog

CVE-1999-1192

High
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.42%

33th percentile - higher than 33% of all known CVEs

Summary

Buffer overflow in eeprom in Solaris 2.5.1 and earlier allows local users to gain root privileges via a long command line argument.

Risk Assessment

This vulnerability may lead to unauthorized access to the system with administrator privileges, posing a serious security threat to the organization.

Recommendation

It is recommended to upgrade the system to a newer version to eliminate this vulnerability and to restrict access for local users who may input long arguments.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Buffer overflow in eeprom in Solaris 2.5.1 and earlier allows local users to gain root privileges via a long command line argument.

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