CVE-1999-1122 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability within the 'restore' utility in SunOS 4.0.3 and earlier versions. This flaw allows an authenticated local user to gain elevated privileges on the affected system. With a CVSS score of 4.6 (Medium), this vulnerability has a low attack complexity and requires local access, but successful exploitation could lead to full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no known active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this legacy vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 4.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:4.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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