CVE-1999-1142

High CVSS 7.2

Published 1992-05-27 · last changed 2026-06-16

The fix

We hold no Microsoft remediation data for CVE-1999-1142, 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

SunOS 4.1.2 and earlier allows local users to gain privileges via "LD_*" environmental variables to certain dynamically linked setuid or setgid programs such as (1) login, (2) su, or (3) sendmail, that change the real and effective user ids to the same user.

Sources

NVD record for CVE-1999-1142

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