CVE-1999-0417

Sunos - Denial of Service

Title source: rule
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-1999-0417. PoCs published by Toomas Soome.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit demonstrates a denial-of-service (DoS) vulnerability in Solaris 7's procfs, where reading /proc/self/psinfo causes a system crash on non-Intel 32 or 64-bit machines. The issue is triggered by a simple command execution without requiring elevated privileges.

Description

64 bit Solaris 7 procfs allows local users to perform a denial of service.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by Toomas Soome · textdossolaris
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/19326

This exploit demonstrates a denial-of-service (DoS) vulnerability in Solaris 7's procfs, where reading /proc/self/psinfo causes a system crash on non-Intel 32 or 64-bit machines. The issue is triggered by a simple command execution without requiring elevated privileges.

Classification
Working Poc 100%
Attack Type
Dos
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: Solaris 7 (non-Intel 32/64-bit)
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Access to a non-Intel Solaris 7 system
mistral-large-3 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/448
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_osvdb
http://www.osvdb.org/1001

Scores

EPSS 0.0057
EPSS Percentile 43.4%

Details

Status published
Products (1)
sun/sunos 5.7
Published Mar 09, 1999
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026