Quick answers
- Is CVE-1999-0296 exploited in the wild?
- No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-1999-0296 being exploited in the wild.
- How severe is CVE-1999-0296?
- High severity, with a CVSS score of 7.2, published 1 February 1998.
- Which products and versions are affected?
- Sun Microsystems Solaris 2.6 and earlier.
- Is there a fix for CVE-1999-0296?
- 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-1999-0296 attacked?
- It is attacked with local access, in an operating system.
- Am I affected by CVE-1999-0296?
- 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
The volrmmount utility in Sun Solaris (specifically version 2.6 and potentially others) contains a vulnerability that allows local users to read arbitrary files. The flaw exists in the handling of file permissions or paths within the volume management service, enabling an unprivileged user to bypass standard access controls. By exploiting this, an attacker with local shell access can view sensitive system files such as /etc/shadow. This is a local privilege escalation vector that can lead to full system compromise. Sun Microsystems released security bulletin 162 to address this issue.
Affected products
- Sun Microsystems Solaris 2.6 and earlier
Timeline
- 1998-02-01: disclosed
- 1998-02-01: advisory: NVD publication date