CVE-1999-1297

Summary

CVE-1999-1297 is a vulnerability affecting cmdtool in OpenWindows 3.0 and XView 3.0 on SunOS 4.1.4 and earlier. attackers with physical access to the system can manipulate the L2/AGAIN key to view unechoed characters, including those from password prompts, bypassing the security measures intended to hide sensitive information during data entry. This vulnerability poses a significant risk for unauthorized access to user accounts and potentially, the entire system. Physical security becomes crucial to mitigate this issue until a patch is applied.

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