CVE Catalog

CVE-1999-1432

High
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

High risk
2.09%

79th percentile - higher than 79% of all known CVEs

Summary

Power management on Solaris 2.4 through 2.6 does not start the xlock process until after the sys-suspend has completed, allowing an attacker with physical access to input characters to the last active application for a short period after the system is restoring.

Risk Assessment

An attacker could gain access to the last active application, potentially leading to increased privileges in the system.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update the system to a newer version that improves power management and secures the xlock process.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Power management (Powermanagement) on Solaris 2.4 through 2.6 does not start the xlock process until after the sys-suspend has completed, which allows an attacker with physical access to input characters to the last active application from the keyboard for a short period after the system is restoring, which could lead to increased privileges.

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