CVE-1999-1426

medium

Description

Solaris Solstice AdminSuite (AdminSuite) 2.1 follows symbolic links when updating an NIS database, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files.

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/208

http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doctype=coll&doc=secbull/145

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 1997-11-10

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N