The (1) rcS and (2) mountall programs in Sun Solaris 2.x, possibly before 2.4, start a privileged shell on the system console if fsck fails while the system is booting, which allows attackers with physical access to gain root privileges.
References
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http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-22-00124-1 | Patch Vendor Advisory |
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-22-00124-1 | Patch Vendor Advisory |
Configurations
History
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References | () http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-22-00124-1 - Patch, Vendor Advisory |
Information
Published : 1999-12-31 05:00
Updated : 2024-11-20 23:31
NVD link : CVE-1999-1585
Mitre link : CVE-1999-1585
CVE.ORG link : CVE-1999-1585
JSON object : View
Products Affected
sun
- sunos
CWE