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CVE-1999-1585

HIGH · CVSS 7.2 EPSS 0.36%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 1999-12-31 · Last synced 2026-08-04

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CVE
CVE-1999-1585
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.2
EPSS
0.36%

Original NVD Description

The (1) rcS and (2) mountall programs in Sun Solaris 2.x, possibly before 2.4, start a privileged shell on the system console if fsck fails while the system is booting, which allows attackers with physical access to gain root privileges.