cve-1999-1142
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2002-03-09 05:00
Modified
2024-08-01 17:02
Severity ?
Summary
SunOS 4.1.2 and earlier allows local users to gain privileges via "LD_*" environmental variables to certain dynamically linked setuid or setgid programs such as (1) login, (2) su, or (3) sendmail, that change the real and effective user ids to the same user.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doctype=coll&doc=secbull/116
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-1992-11.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/3152
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doctype=coll&doc=secbull/116
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-1992-11.htmlPatch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/3152
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