VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-1999-1158

CVSS score7.2 NONE
EPSS probability0.84%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published1997-05-13
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Description

Buffer overflow in (1) pluggable authentication module (PAM) on Solaris 2.5.1 and 2.5 and (2) unix_scheme in Solaris 2.4 and 2.3 allows local users to gain root privileges via programs that use these modules such as passwd, yppasswd, and nispasswd.

Weakness classification

  • nvd@nist.gov: NVD-CWE-Other

Primary references