CVE-1999-0982 describes a vulnerability in Sun Web-Based Enterprise Management (WBEM) on Sun Solaris where an installation script stores a password in plaintext within a world-readable file. This flaw carries a CVSS score of 7.2 (HIGH), indicating that an attacker with local access could easily compromise the system's confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its high severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, nor is exploit code publicly available in common repositories like Metasploit or ExploitDB, and it has received no community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:sun:web-based_enterprise_management:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:sun:web-based_enterprise_management:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:8.0:beta:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.