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CVE-1999-1026

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 1996-12-20 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

aspppd on Solaris 2.5 x86 allows local users to modify arbitrary files and gain root privileges via a symlink attack on the /tmp/.asppp.fifo file.

Affected products

• Sun Solaris: 2.4, 2.5, 2.5.1

References

• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=87602167420343&w=2
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/292
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=87602167420343&w=2
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/292

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