CVE-1999-1402 - CVE House
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Status published Low CVE-1999-1402

The access permissions for a UNIX domain socket are ignored...

Vulnerability Description

The access permissions for a UNIX domain socket are ignored in Solaris 2.x and SunOS 4.x, and other BSD-based operating systems before 4.4, which could allow local users to connect to the socket and possibly disrupt or control the operations of the program using that socket.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

freebsd, solaris, sunos
Vulnerable Versions:
2.2.2, 2.2.3, 2.2.4, 2.2.5, 2.2.6, 2.2.8, 3.0, 3.1, 2.5, 2.5.1, 2.6, 4.0, 5.0, 5.5, 5.5.1

Timeline

Official Publish: March 9th, 2002
Last Modified: August 1st, 2024
Added to House: July 17th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.