CVE-1999-0952

CVSS 2.0 Score 7.2 of 10 (high)

Details

Published Jan 28, 1999
Updated: Oct 30, 2018

Summary

CVE-1999-0952 is a significant vulnerability affecting Solaris systems. This buffer overflow issue resides in the lpstat command, which can be exploited by local users through a specially crafted class argument. Successful exploitation grants the attacker root access, compromising the system's security. This vulnerability posed a serious threat to Solaris installations until a patch was released to address the issue.

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Affected Products

  • Sun Solaris
  • SunOS

Affected Vendors

  • Oracle Corp
  • Sun.