Quick answers
- Is CVE-1999-0277 exploited in the wild?
- No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-1999-0277 being exploited in the wild.
- How severe is CVE-1999-0277?
- High severity, with a CVSS score of 7.2, published 28 October 1996.
- Which products and versions are affected?
- Sun Microsystems Solaris 2.0; Sun Microsystems SunOS 5.0.
- Is there a fix for CVE-1999-0277?
- No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.
- How is CVE-1999-0277 attacked?
- It is attacked with local access, in an operating system.
- Am I affected by CVE-1999-0277?
- Check whether you run Sunos. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.
Technical details
A vulnerability in the WorkMan CD player utility allows for arbitrary file overwriting, leading to local privilege escalation. The flaw likely stems from insecure file handling or improper permissions when the program is running with elevated privileges (such as setuid root). A local attacker with access to the system can leverage this to overwrite critical system files, such as /etc/passwd or /etc/shadow, to gain root access. This issue was identified in early versions of SunOS and Solaris. No specific patch details are provided in the legacy advisory, but the primary mitigation is to remove the setuid bit from the executable or update to a non-vulnerable version.
Affected products
- Sun Microsystems Solaris 2.0
- Sun Microsystems SunOS 5.0
Timeline
- 1996-10-28: disclosed