Executive Summary

Informations
Name CVE-1999-0139 First vendor Publication 1998-12-12
Vendor Cve Last vendor Modification 2018-10-30

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Cvss Base Score 7.2 Attack Range Local
Cvss Impact Score 10 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 3.9 Authentication None Required
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Detail

Buffer overflow in Solaris x86 mkcookie allows local users to obtain root access.

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-1999-0139

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Os 3
Os 1

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
8205 Solaris x86 mkcookie Privilege Escalation Overflow

A local overflow exists in Solaris. The mkcookie utility fails to sanitize the $HOME environment variable, resulting in a buffer overflow. With a specially crafted request with machine code, a local attacker can cause a buffer overflow and execute arbitrary code with root privilege, resulting in a loss of integrity.

Sources (Detail)

Source Url
OSVDB http://www.osvdb.org/8205

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