CVE-1999-0120

SunOS - Privilege Escalation via Writable utmp File

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Sun/Solaris utmp file allows local users to gain root access if it is writable by users other than root.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_sun
http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doctype=coll&doc=secbull/126

Scores

EPSS 0.0017
EPSS Percentile 37.9%

Details

Status published
Products (2)
sun/sunos
sun/sunos 4.1
Published Mar 21, 1994
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026