CVE-1999-1080

High CVSS 7.2

Published 1995-05-10 · last changed 2026-06-16

The fix

We hold no Microsoft remediation data for CVE-1999-1080, 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

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.

Sources

NVD record for CVE-1999-1080

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