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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Dec 1, 1999· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-1999-0860

CVE-1999-0860

Description

Solaris chkperm allows local users to read files owned by bin via the VMSYS environmental variable and a symlink attack.

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Affected products

8
  • Sun Corporation/Solaris5 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:2.5.1:*:ppc:*:*:*:*:*+ 4 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:2.5.1:*:ppc:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:2.5.1:*:x86:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:7.0:*:x86:*:*:*:*:*
    • (no CPE)
  • Sun Corporation/Sunos3 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:5.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:5.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

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References

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