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CVE-1999-0120

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 1994-03-21 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Sun/Solaris utmp file allows local users to gain root access if it is writable by users other than root.

Affected products

• Sunos: 4.1

References

• http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doctype=coll&doc=secbull/126
• http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doctype=coll&doc=secbull/126

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