Vulnerability in Sun Openwindows
CVE-1999-1584
Unknown vulnerability in (1) loadmodule, and (2) modload if modload is installed with setuid/setgid privileges, in SunOS 4.1.1 through 4.1.3c, and Open Windows 3.0, allows local users to gain root privileges via environment variables, a different vulnerability than CVE-1999-1586.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 10.0 (High). Vector: AV:N/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: 0.014 (72.0th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 72nd percentile — 72.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.014 · newest: 0.014 · change: -0.000
Affected products
- Sun Openwindows — versions 3.0
- Sun Sunos — versions 4.1.1, 4.1.2, 4.1.3
References
- sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do (vendor-advisory, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- www.cert.org/advisories/CA-1993-18.html (US Government Resource, Patch, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)