CVE-1999-1432

Published Mar 9, 2002 CVSS 2.0 · 7.5 High EPSS 2.1% KEV · Not listed
Description
Power management (Powermanagement) on Solaris 2.4 through 2.6 does not start the xlock process until after the sys-suspend has completed, which allows an attacker with physical access to input characters to the last active application from the keyboard for a short period after the system is restoring, which could lead to increased privileges.

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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-1999-1413 Power management (Powermanagement) on Solaris 2.4 through 2.6 does not start the xlock process until after the sys-suspend has completed, which allows an attacker with physical access to input characters to the last active application from the keyboard for a short period after the system is restoring, which could lead to increased privileges.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 1, 2024, 5:11 PM
Reserved
Aug 31, 2001, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Jul 16, 1998, 4:00 AM
Modified
Apr 16, 2026, 12:27 AM