PT-1994-1001 · Sun · Sun/Solaris

Published 1994-03-21 · Updated 2018-10-30 · CVE-1999-0120

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.2

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Sun/Solaris (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue allows local users to gain root access if the utmp file is writable by users other than root.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Related Identifiers

CVE-1999-0120

Affected Products

Sun/Solaris

References · 2

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-1999-0120 · Security Note
• http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doctype=coll&doc=secbull/126 · Note