Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Dec 31, 1999· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-1999-1585
CVE-1999-1585
Description
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.
Affected products
2- cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- Range: < 2.4
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
1- sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.donvdPatchVendor Advisory
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