CVE-1999-0786 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in the dynamic linker of Solaris and SunOS. By manipulating the LD_PROFILE environmental variable and employing a symlink attack, a local user can create arbitrary files on the system. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.6 (MEDIUM), indicating a low attack complexity and requiring local access, with potential impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is an ExploitDB entry (EDB-19509) detailing the profiling file creation, there is no evidence of active exploitation, Metasploit or Nuclei modules, or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| 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:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.