CVE-1999-1142

Severity Score

7.2

*CVSS v2

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

SunOS 4.1.2 and earlier allows local users to gain privileges via "LD_*" environmental variables to certain dynamically linked setuid or setgid programs such as (1) login, (2) su, or (3) sendmail, that change the real and effective user ids to the same user.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

NISTv2 7.2

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Complete

Integrity

Complete

Availability

Complete

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

1992-05-27 CVE Published
2001-08-31 CVE Reserved
2023-03-08 EPSS Updated
2024-08-01 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CAPEC

References (3)

URL	Tag	Source
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/3152	Vdb Entry

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-1992-11.html	2017-10-10

URL	Date	SRC
http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doctype=coll&doc=secbull/116	2017-10-10

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Sun Search vendor "Sun"		Sunos Search vendor "Sun" for product "Sunos"				<= 4.1.2 Search vendor "Sun" for product "Sunos" and version " <= 4.1.2"		-		Affected