Unscored severity · published Dec 31, 1999
CVE-1999-1585
The (1) rcS and (2) mountall programs in Sun Solaris 2.x, possibly before 2.4, start a privileged shell on the system console if fsck fails while the system is booting, which…
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CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The (1) rcS and (2) mountall programs in Sun Solaris 2.x, possibly before 2.4, start a privileged shell on the system console if fsck fails while the system is booting, which allows attackers with physical access to gain root privileges.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 29% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
SU
Sunos · Sun
5.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-1999-1585
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-1999-1585
Patch
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-22-00124-1
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