CVE-1999-1297

Severity: low (CVSS 2.1 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: 1998-07-15 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

cmdtool in OpenWindows 3.0 and XView 3.0 in SunOS 4.1.4 and earlier allows attackers with physical access to the system to display unechoed characters (such as those from password prompts) via the L2/AGAIN key.

Affected products

Sunos: 4.1, 4.1.1, 4.1.2, 4.1.3, 4.1.4

References

http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doc=fpatches%2F100452&zone_32=10045%2A%20
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7482
http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doc=fpatches%2F100452&zone_32=10045%2A%20
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7482

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