Security readout for executives and security teams
A very old flaw in the Sun Microsystems ps command on SunOS and Solaris allowed a local user to overflow a memory buffer. In practice, that could let someone already logged into the system misuse the process listing tool to gain elevated privileges. This is a legacy issue on retired Unix platforms, not modern infrastructure. Exposure is limited to environments still running unpatched SunOS or legacy Solaris releases from the late 1990s. Modern enterprises are unlikely to encounter this issue except on preserved legacy hosts, embedded appliances, or air-gapped systems that were never updated. Remote exposure is not indicated; exploitation requires local shell access. Low priority for most organizations. Only relevant if the business still operates unpatched SunOS or legacy Solaris systems. Address opportunistically as part of legacy Unix decommissioning rather than as an urgent incident. Mitigation focus: Apply the fix referenced in Sun Security Bulletin 00149 on any surviving SunOS/Solaris hosts.; Retire or isolate end-of-life SunOS/Solaris systems that cannot be patched.; Restrict interactive shell access on legacy Unix hosts to trusted administrators only..
Generated from the cited source records. This long-tail analysis has not been individually reviewed by a named human.
Conservative CVE-to-ATT&CK context
These mappings and lookup hints may be relevant to the vulnerability behavior, CWE, affected product, or exposure path. Glexia-inferred context is not an official MITRE, ATT&CK, CWE, or CVE Program mapping.
ATT&CK lookup starting points
Use these exact CWE pages and searches to review the Glexia ATT&CK library from this CVE's weakness and description context.
CVE-1999-0301 mapping review
Open the CVE-to-ATT&CK bridge for reviewed, inferred, or future official mappings tied to this CVE.
Open ATT&CK lookup- Severity
- Unknown
- CVSS
- Not scored
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
CNA and ADP enrichment extracted from CVE v5
These fields come from the CVE record and ADP containers, not from Glexia's Take. They preserve time-varying source decisions such as CISA SSVC, KEV status, CVSS metrics, and provider references.
CVSS and timeline data
No CVSS vectors or timeline events were available in the normalized CVE source material.
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
Products and packages named in the record
CWE details
CWE links open Glexia weakness intelligence pages with official CWE context, developer remediation guidance, and related CVE mappings.