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CVE-1999-1587

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FAUCET Score

CVE-1999-1587 is a local information disclosure vulnerability affecting Sun Microsystems Solaris 8, 9, and earlier versions. The vulnerability allows local users to view environment variables and their values for arbitrary processes using the /usr/ucb/ps utility with the -e option. This is a low-severity vulnerability (CVSS 2.1) with a local attack vector, low attack complexity, and a potential impact of confidentiality compromise. While not actively exploited in the wild and lacking Metasploit or Nuclei modules, an exploit is available on ExploitDB, though it has garnered no community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:9.0:*:sparc:*:*:*:*:*
5.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:5.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

2.1LOW

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.95%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
57.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-2242 · Aug 22, 2006
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0095 is in the 90th percentile among its peer group of 2,096 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.6 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

secunia.com / advisories/19426
PatchVendor Advisory
securitytracker.com / id
Patch
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/25460
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1470
sunsolve.sun.com / search/document.do
ExploitPatch
osvdb.org / 24200
securityfocus.com / bid/19662
sunmanagers.org / archives/1996/1383.html
Exploit
vupen.com / english/advisories/2006/1123