# CVE-1999-1080: Privilege escalation in n/a

> Local attackers with physical access can gain root privileges by mounting removable media containing setuid programs if the nosuid flag is not enforced.

- **Severity:** High 7.2 (`AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 25 Jun 2002
- **Updated:** 1 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-jcp7-fq4x-xq6w

## What is CVE-1999-1080?

CVE-1999-1080 is a high-severity vulnerability in Sun Sunos, published on 25 Jun 2002. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

rmmount in SunOS 5.7 may mount file systems without the nosuid flag set, contrary to the documentation and its use in previous versions of SunOS, which could allow local users with physical access to gain root privileges by mounting a floppy or CD-ROM that contains a setuid program and running volcheck, when the file systems do not have the nosuid option specified in rmmount.conf.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-1999-1080?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Sun Sunos.

## How do I fix CVE-1999-1080?

No fix has been published for CVE-1999-1080 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-1999-1080 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-1999-1080 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Sun Sunos

- [CVE-2010-4435](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-4435/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2008-4619](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-4619/): Denial of service in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2008-2144](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-2144/): Other in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2008-1369](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2008-1369/): Misconfiguration in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2001-1583](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2001-1583/): Command injection in n/a (critical 10.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-1999-1080 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-1999-1080 is a high-severity vulnerability in Sun Sunos, published on 25 Jun 2002. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-1999-1080 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Sun Sunos. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-1999-1080/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-1999-1080/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-1999-1080
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-1999-1080
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-1999-1080

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-1999-1080/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.