CVE-1999-1297

Low CVSS 2.1

Published 1998-07-15 · last changed 2026-06-16

The fix

We hold no Microsoft remediation data for CVE-1999-1297, 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

cmdtool in OpenWindows 3.0 and XView 3.0 in SunOS 4.1.4 and earlier allows attackers with physical access to the system to display unechoed characters (such as those from password prompts) via the L2/AGAIN key.

Sources

NVD record for CVE-1999-1297

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