CVE-1999-1026

High CVSS 7.2

Published 1996-12-20 · last changed 2026-06-16

The fix

We hold no Microsoft remediation data for CVE-1999-1026, 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

aspppd on Solaris 2.5 x86 allows local users to modify arbitrary files and gain root privileges via a symlink attack on the /tmp/.asppp.fifo file.

Sources

NVD record for CVE-1999-1026

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