CVE-1999-1438

Severity

72%

Complexity

39%

Confidentiality

165%

Vulnerability in /bin/mail in SunOS 4.1.1 and earlier allows local users to gain root privileges via certain command line arguments.

Vulnerability in /bin/mail in SunOS 4.1.1 and earlier allows local users to gain root privileges via certain command line arguments.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 7.2. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C).

Overview

Type

Sun SunOS

First reported 34 years ago

1991-02-22 05:00:00

Last updated 16 years ago

2008-09-05 20:19:00

Affected Software

Sun SunOS 4.0.3

4.0.3

Sun SunOS 4.1

4.1

Sun SunOS (formerly Solaris)

References

00105

Patch, Vendor Advisory

CA-1991-01

Patch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource

15

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