Vulnerability in Sun Solaris
CVE-1999-1587
/usr/ucb/ps in Sun Microsystems Solaris 8 and 9, and certain earlier releases, allows local users to view the environment variables and values of arbitrary processes via the -e option.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 2.1 (Low). Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.010 (60.3th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 60th percentile — 60.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.009 · newest: 0.010 · change: +0.000
Affected products
- Sun Solaris — versions 9.0
- Sun Sunos — versions 5.8
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1123 (vdb-entry)
- securitytracker.com/id (Patch, vdb-entry)
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1470 (signature, vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/19426 (Patch, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25460 (vdb-entry)
- sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do (Exploit, vendor-advisory, Patch)
- www.sunmanagers.org/archives/1996/1383.html (Exploit)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/19662 (vdb-entry)
- www.osvdb.org/24200 (vdb-entry)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-1999-1587?
- CVE-1999-1587 is a vulnerability in Sun Solaris. Published 1999-12-31.
- Is CVE-1999-1587 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.