CVE-1999-1122

Vulnerability in restore in SunOS 4.0.3 and earlier allows local users to gain privileges.

Published: 1989-07-26 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-1999-1122 is rated Low Risk (28.4/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.37%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-1999-1122

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.30% 0.37% +0.07%
2 2026-05-12 0.09% 0.30% +0.21%
3 2025-03-17 — 0.09% —

Full EPSS history (6 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-1999-1122

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.6 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 3.9 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-1999-1122

Affected software / configurations for CVE-1999-1122

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
sun sunos <= 4.0.3 cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun sunos 4.0 cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun sunos 4.0.1 cpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:4.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-1999-1122

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