# CVE-1999-1424: Privilege escalation in n/a

> Local attackers can gain root access by modifying NIS+ password table entries due to unsafe permissions in Solaris AdminSuite.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.2 (`AV:L/AC:H/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:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 12 Sep 2001
- **Updated:** 1 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-c44g-fjhj-p52w

## What is CVE-1999-1424?

CVE-1999-1424 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 12 Sep 2001. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Solaris Solstice AdminSuite (AdminSuite) 2.1 uses unsafe permissions when adding new users to the NIS+ password table, which allows local users to gain root access by modifying their password table entries.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-1999-1424?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Sun Solstice Adminsuite.

## How do I fix CVE-1999-1424?

No fix has been published for CVE-1999-1424 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-1999-1424 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-1999-1424 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-1999-1425](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-1999-1425/): Privilege escalation in n/a (medium 6.2)
- [CVE-1999-1426](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-1999-1426/): Path traversal in n/a (medium 6.2)
- [CVE-1999-1427](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-1999-1427/): Privilege escalation in n/a (medium 6.2)
- [CVE-1999-1428](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-1999-1428/): Privilege escalation in n/a (medium 6.2)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-1999-1424 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-1999-1424 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 12 Sep 2001. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-1999-1424 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: n/a. 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-1999-1424/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-1999-1424/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-1999-1424
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-1999-1424
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-1999-1424

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-1999-1424/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.