Vulnerability in Sun Solstice Adminsuite
CVE-1999-1426
Solaris Solstice AdminSuite (AdminSuite) 2.1 follows symbolic links when updating an NIS database, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 6.2 (Medium). Vector: AV:L/AC:H/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 (18.2th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 18th percentile — 18.2% 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 Solstice Adminsuite — versions 2.1, 2.2
References
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/208 (Patch, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
- sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl (vendor-advisory, Patch, Vendor Advisory)