CVE-1999-1142

Published May 27, 1992

Last updated 7 years ago

Overview

Description: 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.
Source: cve@mitre.org
NVD status: Modified

Hype score: Not currently trending

Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type: Primary
Base score: 7.2
Impact score: 10
Exploitability score: 3.9
Vector string: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: NVD-CWE-Other

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "B756EC9D-B72C-4A5F-9C17-A2F73583B7D2",
            "versionEndIncluding": "4.1.2"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

References