CVE-1999-1158

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

Unavailable / Other

Publication date:

13/05/1997

Last modified:

03/04/2025

Description

Buffer overflow in (1) pluggable authentication module (PAM) on Solaris 2.5.1 and 2.5 and (2) unix_scheme in Solaris 2.4 and 2.3 allows local users to gain root privileges via programs that use these modules such as passwd, yppasswd, and nispasswd.

Impact

Vector 2.0

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.20 HIGH
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0

7.20

Severity 2.0

HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:5.3:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:5.4:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:5.5:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:5.5.1:::::::*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:5.3:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:5.4:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:5.5:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:5.5.1:::::::*

CVE-1999-1158

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

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