CVE-1999-1080

SunOS 5.7 - Local Privilege Escalation via rmmount nosuid Flag Bypass

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

rmmount in SunOS 5.7 may mount file systems without the nosuid flag set, contrary to the documentation and its use in previous versions of SunOS, which could allow local users with physical access to gain root privileges by mounting a floppy or CD-ROM that contains a setuid program and running volcheck, when the file systems do not have the nosuid option specified in rmmount.conf.

References (4)

Core 4
Core References
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=92633694100270&w=2
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/8350
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=93971288323395&w=2
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/250

Scores

EPSS 0.0006
EPSS Percentile 19.0%

Details

Status published
Products (1)
sun/sunos 5.7
Published May 10, 1995
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026