CVE-1999-1080

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: 1995-05-10 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

rmmount in SunOS 5.7 may mount file systems without the nosuid flag set, contrary to the documentation and its use in previous versions of SunOS, which could allow local users with physical access to gain root privileges by mounting a floppy or CD-ROM that contains a setuid program and running volcheck, when the file systems do not have the nosuid option specified in rmmount.conf.

Affected products

Sunos: 5.7

References

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=92633694100270&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=93971288323395&w=2
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/250
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/8350
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=92633694100270&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=93971288323395&w=2
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/250
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/8350

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