CVE-1999-1424 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Solaris Solstice AdminSuite (AdminSuite) 2.1 uses unsafe permissions when adding new users to the NIS+ password table, which allows local users to gain root access by modifying their password table entries.

Published: 2001-09-12

Score: 6.2 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:sun:solstice_adminsuite:2.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:sun:solstice_adminsuite:2.1::x86:::::
	cpe:2.3:a:sun:solstice_adminsuite:2.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:sun:solstice_adminsuite:2.2::x86:::::

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-1999-1405	Solaris Solstice AdminSuite (AdminSuite) 2.1 uses unsafe permissions when adding new users to the NIS+ password table, which allows local users to gain root access by modifying their password table entries.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity High

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0003.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doctype=coll&doc=secbull/145
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/208

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Sun Solstice Adminsuite

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2001-09-12T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-01T17:11:03.413Z

Reserved: 2001-08-31T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-1999-1424

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 1997-11-10T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-1999-1424

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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