CVE Catalog

CVE-1999-1371

High
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Elevated risk
0.98%

58th percentile - higher than 58% of all known CVEs

Summary

Buffer overflow in /usr/bin/write in Solaris 2.6 and 7 allows local users to gain privileges via a long string in the terminal name argument.

Risk Assessment

Local users can exploit this vulnerability to gain elevated privileges, posing a serious security threat to the system.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update the system to the latest version to mitigate this vulnerability and restrict access to system tools for unauthorized users.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Buffer overflow in /usr/bin/write in Solaris 2.6 and 7 allows local users to gain privileges via a long string in the terminal name argument.

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