CVE-1999-0186

CVSS 2.0 Score 10.0 of 10 (high)

Details

Published Oct 1, 1998
Updated: Nov 20, 2024

Summary

CVE-1999-0186 is a vulnerability affecting Solaris operating systems. The issue lies with an SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) subagent, which comes with a default community string. An attacker can exploit this weakness to run arbitrary commands as the root user or modify system parameters remotely. This poses a significant security risk, as unauthorized root access can lead to serious system compromises.

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