CVE-1999-1432
highpriority · track · 41OT risk · elevatedEPSS 0.021 · 81 %ileexploit · functionalEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-23
Power management (Powermanagement) on Solaris 2.4 through 2.6 does not start the xlock process until after the sys-suspend has completed, which allows an attacker with physical access to input characters to the last active application from the keyboard for a short period after the system is restoring, which could lead to increased privileges.
cvss
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.8–7.5
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exploits (1)
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- EDB-19126Sun Solaris 2.6 - power managementfunctional · exploit_db
affected products (9)
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also known as (2)
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references (4)
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