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CVE-1999-1191 — HIGH severity vulnerability (Buffer overflow in chkey in Solaris 2.5.1 and earlier allows)

Buffer overflow in chkey in Solaris 2.5.1 and earlier allows local users to gain root privileges via a long command line argument.

CVE IDCVE-1999-1191
SeverityHIGH
CVSS score7.2
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CWENVD-CWE-Other
StatusModified
Published1997-05-19
Last modified2026-04-16
DescriptionBuffer overflow in chkey in Solaris 2.5.1 and earlier allows local users to gain root privileges via a long command line argument.
SourceNIST National Vulnerability Database

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