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CVE-1999-0977

• Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 12.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 1999-12-10 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Buffer overflow in Solaris sadmind allows remote attackers to gain root privileges using a NETMGT_PROC_SERVICE request.

Affected products

• Sun Solaris: 2.5, 2.5.1, 2.6, 7.0
• Sunos: 5.5, 5.5.1, 5.7

References

• http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doctype=coll&doc=secbull/191
• http://www.osvdb.org/2558
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2354
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/866
• http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doctype=coll&doc=secbull/191
• http://www.osvdb.org/2558
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2354
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/866

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