CVE-1999-1432 Privilege escalation in n/a
Local attackers with physical access can input characters to the last active application during system resume, potentially escalating privileges.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-1999-1432?
CVE-1999-1432 is a high-severity vulnerability in Sun Solaris, published on 9 Mar 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
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.
Which versions are affected by CVE-1999-1432?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Sun Solaris, Sun Sunos.
How do I fix CVE-1999-1432?
No fix has been published for CVE-1999-1432 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-1999-1432 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-1999-1432 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in Sun Solaris
Sources
Also known as GHSA-prwq-fx78-ppf8.