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CVE-1999-0974

CRITICAL

10.0

CVSS Severity Score

EPSS Score0.0460%

EPSS Percentile18.01th

PublishedDec 9, 1999

Last ModifiedApr 16, 2026

Vulnerability Description

Buffer overflow in Solaris snoop allows remote attackers to gain root privileges via GETQUOTA requests to the rpc.rquotad service.

Affected Platforms (CPE)

💻

Sun

Solaris

= 2.4

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Sun

Solaris

= 2.5

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Sun

Solaris

= 2.5.1

💻

Sun

Solaris

= 2.5.1

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Sun

Solaris

= 2.6

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Sun

Solaris

= 7.0

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Sun

Sunos

All versions

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Sun

Sunos

= 5.4

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Sun

Sunos

= 5.5

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Sun

Sunos

= 5.5.1

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Sun

Sunos

= 5.7

References & Advisories

🔗 http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doctype=coll&doc=secbull/190

🔗 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/864

🔗 http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doctype=coll&doc=secbull/190

🔗 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/864

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