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CVE-1999-1137

• Severity: low (CVSS 2.1 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: 1993-10-01 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The permissions for the /dev/audio device on Solaris 2.2 and earlier, and SunOS 4.1.x, allow any local user to read from the device, which could be used by an attacker to monitor conversations happening near a machine that has a microphone.

Affected products

• Sun Solaris: all versions
• Sunos: through 5.2; 4.1, 5.0

References

• http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doctype=coll&doc=secbull/122&type=0&nav=sec.sba
• http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/e-01.shtml
• http://www.osvdb.org/6436
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/549
• http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doctype=coll&doc=secbull/122&type=0&nav=sec.sba
• http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/e-01.shtml
• http://www.osvdb.org/6436
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/549

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