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CVE-1999-0860

Status: ModifiedLow (2.1)—💥 Exploit

Solaris chkperm allows local users to read files owned by bin via the VMSYS environmental variable and a symlink attack.

CVSS

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

💥 Public exploits

Exploit code or detection templates are publicly available. This is not the same as confirmed active exploitation (KEV), but it raises the risk: patch with priority.

Affected technologies (2)

SUN — SolarisSUN — Sunos

CWEs

References

Raw JSON (NVD)

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  "lastModified": "2026-06-16T21:49:12.507",
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