CVE-ID

CVE-1999-1424

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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.
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Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20010831 Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Proposed (20010912)
Votes (Legacy)
ACCEPT(4) Cole, Dik, Foat, Stracener
MODIFY(1) Frech
Comments (Legacy)
 Frech> XF:solaris-adminsuite-nisplus-password(7467)
 Dik> sun bug:1237225

Proposed (Legacy)
20010912
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