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CVE-1999-1507 [severity HIGH] Sun SunOS 4

.1 through 4.1.3 allows local attackers to gain root access via insecure permissions on files and directories such as crash. NIST National Vulnerability Database (NVD) -- services.nvd.nist.gov (CVE / CVSS / CPE). {"cve":{"id":"CVE-1999-1507","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","published":"1993-02-03T05:00:00.000","lastModified":"2026-06-16T21:50:35.357","vulnStatus":"Modified","cveTags":[],"descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"Sun SunOS 4.1 through 4.1.3 allows local attackers to gain root access via insecure permissions on files and directories such as crash."}],"affected":[{"source":"cve@mitre.org","affectedData":[{"vendor":"n/a","product":"n/a","versions":[{"version":"n/a","status":"affected"}]}]}],"metrics":{"cvssMetricV2":[{"source":"nvd@nist.gov","type":"Primary","cvssData":{"version":"2.0","vectorString":"AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C","baseScore":7.2,"accessVector":"LOCAL","accessComplexity":"LOW","authentication":"NONE","confidentialityImpact":"COMPLETE","integrityImpact":"COMPLETE","availabilityImpact":"COMPLETE"},"baseSeverity":"HIGH","exploitabilityScore":3.9,"impactScore":10.0,"acInsufInfo":false,"obtainAllPrivilege":true,"obtainUserPrivilege":false,"obtainOtherPrivilege":false,"userInteractionRequired":false}]},"weaknesses":[{"source":"nvd@nist.gov","type":"Primary","description":[{"lang":"en","value":"NVD-CWE-Other"}]}],"configurations":[{"nodes":[{"operator":"OR","negate":false,"cpeMatch":[{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","matchCriteriaId":"B5955AC0-3036-4943-B6BD-52DD3E039089"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:4.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","matchCriteriaId":"92B19A06-832D-4974-9D08-2CE787228592"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:4.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","matchCriteriaId":"E3A07C67-66FB-4ECF-BECB-C2BE72A80F3B"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:4.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","matchCriteriaId":"615FA6E4-4DE0-422A-9220-F747D95192C9"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:4.1.3c:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","matchCriteriaId":"915D5897-B5FF-4F26-936E-9BAEF2604A86"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:4.1.3u1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","matchCriteriaId":"FD1BA107-F2D3-4F13-82EC-4576C429E3C1"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:4.1psr_a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","matchCriteriaId":"FF90C17C-5B10-45D4-8296-D00EAFA1EB8E"}]}]}],"references":[{"url":"http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-1993-03.html","source":"cve@mitre.org","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory","US Government Resource"]},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/59","source":"cve@mitre.org","tags":["Exploit","Patch","Vendor Advisory"]},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/521","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-1993-03.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory","US Government Resource"]},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/59","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108","tags":["Exploit","Patch","Vendor Advisory"]},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/521","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}]}},