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CVE-1999-1027

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 1998-05-07 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Solaris 2.6 HW3/98 installs admintool with world-writable permissions, which allows local users to gain privileges by replacing it with a Trojan horse program.

Affected products

• Sun Solaris: 2.6

References

• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=90221101925880&w=2
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/290
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7296
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=90221101925880&w=2
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/290
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7296

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