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CVE-1999-1192

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 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: 1997-06-24 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Buffer overflow in eeprom in Solaris 2.5.1 and earlier allows local users to gain root privileges via a long command line argument.

Affected products

• Sunos: through 5.5.1; 5.3, 5.4, 5.5

References

• http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doctype=coll&doc=secbull/143
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7444.php
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/206
• http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doctype=coll&doc=secbull/143
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7444.php
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/206

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