CVE-1999-1388: Sun Sunos

Medium severity, CVSS 6.2. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

passwd in SunOS 4.1.x allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack and the -F command line argument.

Affected products

• Sun Sunos: version 4.1 only

Published 1994-05-13. Last modified 2026-06-16.