Vulnerability Name:

CVE-1999-1585 (CCN-6365)

Assigned:1999-12-31
Published:1999-12-31
Updated:2018-10-30
Summary: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.
CVSS v3 Severity:9.3 Critical (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H)
Exploitability Metrics:Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope:Scope (S): Changed
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availibility (A): High
CVSS v2 Severity:7.2 High (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Local
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availibility (A): Complete
7.2 High (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Exploitability Metrics:Access Vector (AV): Local
Access Complexity (AC): Low
Athentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availibility (A): Complete
Vulnerability Type:CWE-Other
Vulnerability Consequences:Gain Access
References:Source: CCN
Type: BugTraq Mailing List, Wed Apr 11 2001 - 22:26:40 CDT
[LSD] Solaris kcsSUNWIOsolf.so and dtsession vulnerabilities

Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-1999-1585

Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2001-0595

Source: CCN
Type: Last Stage of Delirium Web site
kcsSUNWIOsolf.so $KCMS_PROFILES

Source: CCN
Type: Sun Microsystems Web site
SUNSOLVE ONLINE Patches

Source: SUN
Type: Patch, Vendor Advisory
00124

Source: CCN
Type: OSVDB ID: 1791
Solaris kcsSUNWIOsolf.so Library KCMS_PROFILES Variable Local Overflow

Source: CCN
Type: OSVDB ID: 19783
SunOS /sbin/rcS fsck Failure Privilege Escalation

Source: CCN
Type: OSVDB ID: 19784
SunOS /sbin/mountall fsck Failure Privilege Escalation

Source: CCN
Type: BID-2605
Solaris kcms_configure KCMS_PROFILES Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
solaris-kcssunwiosolf-bo(6365)

Vulnerable Configuration:Configuration 1:
  • cpe:/o:sun:sunos:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

  • Configuration CCN 1:
  • cpe:/o:sun:sunos:5.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:sun:sunos:5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:sun:solaris:2.5:*:x86:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:sun:solaris:2.5.1:*:x86:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:sun:solaris:2.6::x86:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:sun:solaris:7.0:*:x86:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:sun:sunos:5.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:sun:solaris:8:*:x86:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:sun:sunos:4.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • OR cpe:/o:sun:sunos:5.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

  • * Denotes that component is vulnerable
    BACK
    sun sunos 5.0
    sun solaris 2.5.1
    sun solaris 2.6
    sun solaris 2.5
    sun solaris 2.5.1
    sun solaris 2.6
    sun solaris 7.0
    sun solaris 8
    sun solaris 8
    sun solaris 1.0
    sun solaris 7.0