CVE-1999-1123High· 7.2▾ MidnightPoC availableThe installation of Sun Source (sunsrc) tapes allows local users to gain root privileges via setuid root programs (1) makeinstall or (2) winstall.
▾ Midnight zone — Critical, or high with PoC / in-the-wild
impact 39.6 · likelihood 0.2 · exploitation 12
A public proof-of-concept already exists for this vulnerability — see Exploit availability below.
Public exploit / PoC code seen in 1 source. Availability, not in-the-wild use.
Exploit-prediction probability, daily snapshots since Jul 4.
Disclosure to exploitation, from the record and what we observed since indexing it.
Disclosed via NVD
Last analysed / modified upstream
1.1%
Exploit-DB (last check)
The installation of Sun Source (sunsrc) tapes allows local users to gain root privileges via setuid root programs (1) makeinstall or (2) winstall.
Refer to the linked advisories for vendor-supplied fixes and affected version ranges.