CVE-1999-1426

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.2 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: 1997-11-10 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Solaris Solstice AdminSuite (AdminSuite) 2.1 follows symbolic links when updating an NIS database, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files.

Affected products

Sun Solstice Adminsuite: 2.1, 2.2

References

http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doctype=coll&doc=secbull/145
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/208
http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doctype=coll&doc=secbull/145
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/208

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