CVE-1999-1027 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Solaris 2.6 HW3/98 installs admintool with world-writable permissions, which allows local users to gain privileges by replacing it with a Trojan horse program.

Published: 2002-03-09

Score: 7.2 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-1999-1008	Solaris 2.6 HW3/98 installs admintool with world-writable permissions, which allows local users to gain privileges by replacing it with a Trojan horse program.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00038.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=90221101925880&w=2
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/290
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7296

History

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Subscriptions

Sun Solaris

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2002-03-09T05:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-01T16:55:29.498Z

Reserved: 2001-08-31T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-1999-1027

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 1998-05-07T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Link: CVE-1999-1027

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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