Security readout for executives and security teams
CVE-1999-1027 is a legacy Solaris local privilege-escalation issue. Solaris 2.6 HW3/98 reportedly installed the admintool program with world-writable permissions, letting a local user replace it with a malicious program and potentially gain higher privileges. Exposure is most likely limited to very old Solaris 2.6 HW3/98 installations or preserved legacy images. Modern environments are unlikely to be affected unless they still operate or emulate this specific Solaris release for legacy workloads. Prioritize this only if legacy Solaris 2.6 HW3/98 systems remain in use. For those assets, treat it as high urgency because local users could turn weak file permissions into administrative compromise. Mitigation focus: Identify any Solaris 2.6 HW3/98 systems or images.; Check Sun/Oracle or vendor guidance for confirmed remediation.; Validate admintool permissions against a trusted baseline..
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- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- solaris-admintool-world-writable(7296)CVE reference · vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF
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