CVE-1999-1587

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Published Mar 29, 2006 CVSS 2.0 · 2.1 Low EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed

Description

/usr/ucb/ps in Sun Microsystems Solaris 8 and 9, and certain earlier releases, allows local users to view the environment variables and values of arbitrary processes via the -e option.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:sun:solaris:9.0::sparc:::::
	cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:5.8:::::::*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-1999-1568	/usr/ucb/ps in Sun Microsystems Solaris 8 and 9, and certain earlier releases, allows local users to view the environment variables and values of arbitrary processes via the -e option.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: < 1% (0.976% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://secunia.com/advisories/19426
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015833
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102215-1
http://www.osvdb.org/24200
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19662
http://www.sunmanagers.org/archives/1996/1383.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1123
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25460
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1470

History

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Subscriptions

Sun Solaris Sunos

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 1, 2024, 5:18 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Mar 29, 2006, 1:00 AM
Updated: Aug 1, 2024, 5:18 PM
Reserved: Mar 28, 2006, 12:00 AM

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Vulnrichment No data

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 9:50 PM

Status: Modified
Published: Dec 31, 1999, 5:00 AM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 9:50 PM

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