CVE-1999-0185 describes a critical vulnerability in SunOS and Solaris where a remote attacker could leverage an FTP server's data port to connect to a trusted rlogin server, enabling remote command execution. With a CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH), this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity and no authentication required, potentially leading to full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its age and severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:2.4:*:x86:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:2.5:*:x86:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.5.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:2.5.1:*:x86:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.1.3u1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:4.1.3u1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.1.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:4.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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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.