{"id":"CVE-1999-0860","aliases":["EUVD-1999-0841","GHSA-45mx-vcm9-272w"],"status":"published","title":"Solaris chkperm allows local users to read files owned by bin via the VMSYS environmental...","description":"Solaris chkperm allows local users to read files owned by bin via the VMSYS environmental variable and a symlink attack.","severity":{"version":"2.0","score":2.1,"vector":"AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N","level":"low","assessor":"primary","from":"nvd"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-10","score":0.00637,"percentile":0.50875,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":true,"fix_available":false},"published":"1999-12-01T05:00:00Z","modified":"2026-06-16T21:49:12Z","exploits":[{"source":"exploitdb","id":"EDB-19235","title":"Solaris 7.0 - 'chkperm' Local Privilege Escalation","type":"local","platform":"solaris","date":"1996-12-05","verified":true,"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/19235"}],"products":[{"vendor":"sun","product":"solaris"},{"vendor":"sun","product":"sunos"}],"references":[{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/837","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_BID","x_transferred"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-1999-0860"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-45mx-vcm9-272w"}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-1999-0860","description":"Solaris chkperm allows local users to read files owned by bin via the VMSYS environmental variable and a symlink attack.","status":"published","published":"2000-02-04T05:00:00Z","modified":"2024-08-01T16:55:29.081Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:33:53.911988Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-1999-0841","description":"Solaris chkperm allows local users to read files owned by bin via the VMSYS environmental variable and a symlink attack.","status":"published","published":"2000-02-04T05:00:00Z","modified":"2024-08-01T16:55:29Z","updated_at":"2026-11-03T03:50:45.175548Z"}],"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-45mx-vcm9-272w","title":"Solaris chkperm allows local users to read files owned by bin via the VMSYS environmental...","description":"Solaris chkperm allows local users to read files owned by bin via the VMSYS environmental variable and a symlink attack.","status":"published","published":"2022-04-30T18:11:20Z","modified":"2023-01-30T05:04:13Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:46:59.889535Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-1999-0860","description":"Solaris chkperm allows local users to read files owned by bin via the VMSYS environmental variable and a symlink attack.","status":"published","published":"1999-12-01T05:00:00Z","modified":"2026-06-16T21:49:12.507Z","cvss":[{"version":"2.0","score":2.1,"vector":"AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N","level":"low","assessor":"primary"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T13:58:40.923898Z"}]}}