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.
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| Source | ID | Title |
|---|---|---|
EUVD |
EUVD-1999-1566 | 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. |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2024-09-17T01:56:49.060Z
Reserved: 2005-08-30T00:00:00Z
Link: CVE-1999-1585
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Status : Deferred
Published: 1999-12-31T05:00:00.000
Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193
Link: CVE-1999-1585
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