Sun SunOS 4.1.2 Sendmail Environment Variable privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in Sun SunOS 4.1.2. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component Sendmail. Performing a manipulation as part of Environment Variable results in privileges management. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-1999-1142. No exploit exists. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Sun SunOS 4.1.2 (Operating System). This affects an unknown code of the component Sendmail. The manipulation as part of a Environment Variable leads to a privileges management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

SunOS 4.1.2 and earlier allows local users to gain privileges via "LD_*" environmental variables to certain dynamically linked setuid or setgid programs such as (1) login, (2) su, or (3) sendmail, that change the real and effective user ids to the same user.

The weakness was disclosed 05/27/1992 as CA-1992-11 as not defined advisory (CERT.org). It is possible to read the advisory at cert.org. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-1999-1142. The exploitability is told to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (3152). Further details are available at sunsolve.sun.com. The entries VDB-13650, VDB-13649 and VDB-13648 are pretty similar. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
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Recommended: Upgrade
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04/16/2026 +4322 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: CA-1992-11
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-1999-1142 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-1999-1142
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-13647
X-Force: 3152 - SunOS environment variables and setuid/setgid

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Entryinfo

Created: 06/16/2014 15:30
Updated: 04/16/2026 04:11
Changes: 06/16/2014 15:30 (52), 05/17/2018 09:07 (6), 04/03/2025 05:35 (18), 04/16/2026 04:11 (1)
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