CVE-1999-1137

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Summary

CVECVE-1999-1137
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published1993-10-01 04:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionThe permissions for the /dev/audio device on Solaris 2.2 and earlier, and SunOS 4.1.x, allow any local user to read from the device, which could be used by an attacker to monitor conversations happening near a machine that has a microphone.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 2.1 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
None
Availability
None

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Sun Solaris All All All All
Operating System Sun Sunos All All All All
Operating System Sun Sunos 4.1 All All All
Operating System Sun Sunos 5.0 All All All
Operating System Sun Sunos All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
www.osvdb.org/6436 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osvdb.org
Sun Security Bulletins Article 122 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sunsolve.sun.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Sun sendmail, tar, and audio Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ciac.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
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