CVE-1999-0186

High CVSS 10

Published 1998-10-01 · last changed 2026-06-16

The fix

We hold no Microsoft remediation data for CVE-1999-0186, which normally means it is not a Windows CVE. For non-Microsoft software the fix is the vendor's own updated release, and the affected versions are listed below.

What it is

In Solaris, an SNMP subagent has a default community string that allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands as root, or modify system parameters.

Sources

NVD record for CVE-1999-0186

CVSS vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C