CVE-1999-1587

Public Exploit

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.

2.1

CVSS

Severity: Low

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 0.13%

Vendor Advisory sun.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

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

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-1999-1587?: CVE-1999-1587 has been scored as a low severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-1999-1587?: To fix CVE-1999-1587, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-1999-1587 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-1999-1587 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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