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CVE-1999-1388
passwd in SunOS 4.1.x allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack and the -F command line argument.
Medium6.2EPSS 0.40%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
passwd in SunOS 4.1.x allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack and the -F command line argument.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 12 days later
· 12 days later
Published
- 23 years later
· 23 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.2 | AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.40% · top 66% of all CVEs (7 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.2.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (3)
- 19941218 Sun Patch Id #102060-01 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 19940513 [8lgm]-Advisory-7.UNIX.passwd.11-May-1994 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 19940514 [8lgm]-Advisory-7.UNIX.passwd.11-May-1994.NEWFIX (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
Sources
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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