CVE-1999-1585: Sun Sunos

High severity, CVSS 7.2. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The (1) rcS and (2) mountall programs in Sun Solaris 2.x, possibly before 2.4, start a privileged shell on the system console if fsck fails while the system is booting, which allows attackers with physical access to gain root privileges.

Affected products

• Sun Sunos: version 5.0 only

Published 1999-12-31. Last modified 2026-06-16.