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.