Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Dec 31, 1999· Updated Apr 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
1- cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
1- sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.donvdPatchVendor Advisory
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