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CVE-1999-1587

/usr/ucb/ps in Sun Microsystems Solaris 8 and 9, and certain earlier releases, allows local users...

2.1 LowPublic exploit

/usr/ucb/ps in Sun Microsystems Solaris 8 and 9, and certain earlier releases, allows local users to view the environment variables and values of arbitrary processes via the -e option.

Exploit likelihood

0.98%Down 2.2 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 2.1

/usr/ucb/ps in Sun Microsystems Solaris 8 and 9, and certain earlier releases, allows local users to view the environment variables and values of arbitrary processes via the -e option.

Record
CVE-1999-1587
CVSS 2.0
2.1 LowAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

/usr/ucb/ps in Sun Microsystems Solaris 8 and 9, and certain earlier releases, allows local users to view the environment variables and values of arbitrary processes via the -e option.

Record
CVE-1999-1587
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-1999-1568 No score

/usr/ucb/ps in Sun Microsystems Solaris 8 and 9, and certain earlier releases, allows local users to view the environment variables and values of arbitrary processes via the -e option.

Record
EUVD-1999-1568
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-vrp4-j3rg-w647 No score

/usr/ucb/ps in Sun Microsystems Solaris 8 and 9, and certain earlier releases, allows local users...

/usr/ucb/ps in Sun Microsystems Solaris 8 and 9, and certain earlier releases, allows local users to view the environment variables and values of arbitrary processes via the -e option.

Record
GHSA-vrp4-j3rg-w647
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

Public exploits

Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.

Public exploits
SourceLinkDate
Exploit-DBSolaris 8/9 - '/usr/ucb/ps' Local Information Leak2006-08-22

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, Exploit-DB, GitHub Advisories, NVD

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In short

CVE-1999-1587 is a low vulnerability (CVSS 2.1) in Sun Solaris, published December 31, 1999. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.98%, the 62nd percentile. No source names a fixed version.

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