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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Sep 22, 1999· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-1999-0786

CVE-1999-0786

Description

The dynamic linker in Solaris allows a local user to create arbitrary files via the LD_PROFILE environmental variable and a symlink attack.

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Affected products

9
  • Sun Corporation/Solaris5 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:2.4:*:x86:*:*:*:*:*+ 4 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:2.4:*:x86:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:2.5.1:*:x86:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:2.5:*:x86:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • (no CPE)
  • Sun Corporation/Sunos4 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 3 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:5.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

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References

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