CVE-1999-0295: Sun Solaris

High severity, CVSS 7.2. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Solaris sysdef command allows local users to read kernel memory, potentially leading to root privileges.

Affected products

• Sun Solaris: version 2.4 only; version 2.5 only; version 2.5.1 only
• Sun Sunos: version 5.3 only; version 5.4 only; version 5.5 only; version 5.5.1 only

Published 1997-10-01. Last modified 2026-06-16.