Vulnerabilities > CVE-1999-1158 - Unspecified vulnerability in SUN Sunos
Attack vector
UNKNOWN Attack complexity
UNKNOWN Privileges required
UNKNOWN Confidentiality impact
UNKNOWN Integrity impact
UNKNOWN Availability impact
UNKNOWN sun
exploit available
Summary
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.
Vulnerable Configurations
Part | Description | Count |
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OS | 4 |
Exploit-Db
description Sun Solaris 2.5.1 PAM & unix_scheme Vulnerability. CVE-1999-1158. Local exploit for solaris platform id EDB-ID:19158 last seen 2016-02-02 modified 1997-02-25 published 1997-02-25 reporter Cristian Schipor source https://www.exploit-db.com/download/19158/ title Sun Solaris <= 2.5.1 PAM & unix_scheme Vulnerability description Solaris 2.4 passwd, yppasswd, and nispasswd Overflow Exploits. CVE-1999-1158. Local exploit for solaris platform id EDB-ID:341 last seen 2016-01-31 modified 1997-07-12 published 1997-07-12 reporter Cristian Schipor source https://www.exploit-db.com/download/341/ title Solaris 2.4 - passwd & yppasswd & nispasswd Overflow Exploits