CVE-1999-1137 (GCVE-0-1999-1137)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2002-03-09 05:00 – Updated: 2024-08-01 17:02
VLAI?
Summary
The permissions for the /dev/audio device on Solaris 2.2 and earlier, and SunOS 4.1.x, allow any local user to read from the device, which could be used by an attacker to monitor conversations happening near a machine that has a microphone.
Severity ?
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CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?docty… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUN
http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/e-01.shtml third-party-advisorygovernment-resourcex_refsource_CIAC
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://www.osvdb.org/6436 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
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