CVE-1999-1137

Severity

21%

Complexity

39%

Confidentiality

48%

The permissions for the /dev/audio device on Solaris 2.2 and earlier, and SunOS 4.1.x, allow any local user to read from the device, which could be used by an attacker to monitor conversations happening near a machine that has a microphone.

The permissions for the /dev/audio device on Solaris 2.2 and earlier, and SunOS 4.1.x, allow any local user to read from the device, which could be used by an attacker to monitor conversations happening near a machine that has a microphone.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 2.1. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N).

Overview

Type

Sun

First reported 31 years ago

1993-10-01 04:00:00

Last updated 6 years ago

2018-10-30 16:25:00

Affected Software

Sun Solaris

Sun SunOS (formerly Solaris)

Sun SunOS 4.1

4.1

Sun Microsystems Solaris 2.0

5.0

References

00122

Patch, Vendor Advisory

E-01

Patch, Vendor Advisory

6436

sun-audio(549)

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