Vulnerability in Sun Solaris
CVE-1999-0295
Solaris sysdef command allows local users to read kernel memory, potentially leading to root privileges.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 7.2 (High). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.003 (25.4th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 25th percentile — 25.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.003 · newest: 0.003 · change: -0.000
Affected products
- Sun Solaris — versions 2.4, 2.5, 2.5.1
- Sun Sunos — versions 5.3, 5.4, 5.5
References
- sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl (vendor-advisory)