CVE-1999-1438

SunOS < 4.1.1 - Privilege Escalation via /bin/mail Command Line Arguments

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Vulnerability in /bin/mail in SunOS 4.1.1 and earlier allows local users to gain root privileges via certain command line arguments.

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Patch, Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_sun
http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doctype=coll&doc=secbull/105
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15
Patch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource third-party-advisory x_refsource_cert
http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-91.01a.SunOS.mail.vulnerability

Scores

EPSS 0.0055
EPSS Percentile 68.1%

Details

Status published
Products (3)
sun/sunos 4.0.3
sun/sunos 4.1
sun/sunos < 4.1.1
Published Feb 22, 1991
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026