CVE-1999-1191 (GCVE-0-1999-1191)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2002-03-09 05:00 – Updated: 2024-08-01 17:02
VLAI?
Summary
Buffer overflow in chkey in Solaris 2.5.1 and earlier allows local users to gain root privileges via a long command line argument.
Severity ?
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
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