CVE Catalog

CVE-1999-1585

High
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.36%

27th percentile - higher than 27% of all known CVEs

Summary

The rcS and mountall programs in Sun Solaris 2.x, possibly before 2.4, start a privileged shell on the system console if fsck fails while the system is booting.

Risk Assessment

Attackers with physical access to the system can gain root privileges, posing a serious security risk.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update the system to the latest version and restrict physical access to the server.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

The (1) rcS and (2) mountall programs in Sun Solaris 2.x, possibly before 2.4, start a privileged shell on the system console if fsck fails while the system is booting, which allows attackers with physical access to gain root privileges.

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