CVE-1999-1297: Sun Sunos

Low severity, CVSS 2.1. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

cmdtool in OpenWindows 3.0 and XView 3.0 in SunOS 4.1.4 and earlier allows attackers with physical access to the system to display unechoed characters (such as those from password prompts) via the L2/AGAIN key.

Affected products

• Sun Sunos: affected versions not specified; version 4.1 only; version 4.1.1 only; version 4.1.2 only; version 4.1.3 only; version 4.1.4 only

Published 1998-07-15. Last modified 2026-06-16.