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CVE-1999-1427

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FAUCET Score

CVE-1999-1427 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in Solaris Solstice AdminSuite versions 2.1 and 2.2, where insecurely created lock files allow local users to gain root access. With a CVSS score of 6.2 (Medium), successful exploitation requires local access and high attack complexity, but can lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor is public exploit code available through common channels like Metasploit or ExploitDB. Community discussion and media coverage for this vulnerability are minimal.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sun:solstice_adminsuite:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sun:solstice_adminsuite:2.1:*:x86:*:*:*:*:*
2.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sun:solstice_adminsuite:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sun:solstice_adminsuite:2.2:*:x86:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.2MEDIUM

AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
HIGH
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.9
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.28%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
20.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0028 is in the 10th percentile among its peer group of 1,595 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

sunsolve.sun.com / pub-cgi/retrieve.pl
PatchVendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/208
PatchVendor Advisory