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CVE-1999-1438

• 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: 1991-02-22 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Vulnerability in /bin/mail in SunOS 4.1.1 and earlier allows local users to gain root privileges via certain command line arguments.

Affected products

• Sunos: through 4.1.1; 4.0.3, 4.1

References

• http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doctype=coll&doc=secbull/105
• http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-91.01a.SunOS.mail.vulnerability
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15
• http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doctype=coll&doc=secbull/105
• http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-91.01a.SunOS.mail.vulnerability
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15

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