CVE-1999-1586

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

Unavailable / Other

Publication date:

31/12/1999

Last modified:

03/04/2025

Description

loadmodule in SunOS 4.1.x, as used by xnews, does not properly sanitize its environment, which allows local users to gain privileges, a different vulnerability than CVE-1999-1584.

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:4.1.1:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:4.1.2:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:4.1.3:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:4.1.3c:::::::*

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:4.1.1:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:4.1.2:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:4.1.3:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:4.1.3c:::::::*

CVE-1999-1586

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools