high7.2
CVE-1999-1585
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…
Impact
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
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Sun | Sunos | Version 5.0 |