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Fencer Vulns
low 2.1

CVE-1999-1587 json

/usr/ucb/ps in Sun Microsystems Solaris 8 and 9, and certain earlier releases, allows local users to view the environment variables and val…

published 1999-12-31 26 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-1999-1568

cvss
2.1
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
1.0%
EPSS 1.0% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 62%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

/usr/ucb/ps in Sun Microsystems Solaris 8 and 9, and certain earlier releases, allows local users to view the environment variables and values of arbitrary processes via the -e option.

Patch / fix

Timeline

  1. Published
  2. First public exploit (EDB-2242)

Exploit prediction

0.98% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 62% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-2242 Solaris 8/9 - '/usr/ucb/ps' Local Information Leak local, 2006-08-22
  • sunsolve.sun.com http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102215-1 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • sunmanagers.org http://www.sunmanagers.org/archives/1996/1383.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 2.1 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

References

Sources

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