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CVE-1999-1371

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 1999-03-08 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Buffer overflow in /usr/bin/write in Solaris 2.6 and 7 allows local users to gain privileges via a long string in the terminal name argument.

Affected products

• Sunos: 5.5.1, 5.7

References

• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=92100752221493&w=2
• http://www.securiteam.com/exploits/5ZP0O1P35O.html
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7546
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=92100752221493&w=2
• http://www.securiteam.com/exploits/5ZP0O1P35O.html
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7546

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