CVE-1999-1585

High CVSS 7.2

Published 1999-12-31 · last changed 2026-06-16

The fix

We hold no Microsoft remediation data for CVE-1999-1585, 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

The (1) rcS and (2) mountall programs in Sun Solaris 2.x, possibly before 2.4, start a privileged shell on the system console if fsck fails while the system is booting, which allows attackers with physical access to gain root privileges.

Sources

NVD record for CVE-1999-1585

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