CVE-1999-1584

Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 1999-12-31 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Unknown vulnerability in (1) loadmodule, and (2) modload if modload is installed with setuid/setgid privileges, in SunOS 4.1.1 through 4.1.3c, and Open Windows 3.0, allows local users to gain root privileges via environment variables, a different vulnerability than CVE-1999-1586.

Affected products

Sun Openwindows: 3.0
Sunos: 4.1.1, 4.1.2, 4.1.3, 4.1.3c

References

http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-22-00124-1
http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-1993-18.html
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-22-00124-1
http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-1993-18.html

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