Local Privilege Escalation in Solaris Solstice AdminSuite by Sun Microsystems
CVE-1999-1425

Currently unrated

Key Information:

Vendor

Oracle
Status
Solstice Adminsuite
Vendor
CVE Published:
10 November 1997

What is CVE-1999-1425?

The Solaris Solstice AdminSuite 2.1 has a security misconfiguration that allows local users to modify important source files for NIS maps. By improperly setting write permissions on these files, malicious users can manipulate the /etc/passwd file, potentially leading to unauthorized privilege escalation and system compromise.

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References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/208
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http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doctype=coll&...
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Timeline

  • Vulnerability Reserved

  • Vulnerability published

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