Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published May 27, 1992· Updated Apr 16, 2026
CVE-1999-1142
CVE-1999-1142
Description
SunOS 4.1.2 and earlier allows local users to gain privileges via "LD_*" environmental variables to certain dynamically linked setuid or setgid programs such as (1) login, (2) su, or (3) sendmail, that change the real and effective user ids to the same user.
Affected products
1Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
3- www.cert.org/advisories/CA-1992-11.htmlnvdPatchThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
- sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.plnvd
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/3152nvd
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