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CVE-1999-1432

HIGH · CVSS 7.5 EPSS 2.09%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 1998-07-16 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a high severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 7.5. See the original NVD description below for full technical details.

CVE
CVE-1999-1432
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.5
EPSS
2.09%

Original NVD Description

Power management (Powermanagement) on Solaris 2.4 through 2.6 does not start the xlock process until after the sys-suspend has completed, which allows an attacker with physical access to input characters to the last active application from the keyboard for a short period after the system is restoring, which could lead to increased privileges.