$ cve CVE-1999-0977 JSON

CVE-1999-0977 EXPLOIT

10.0

HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 12.6% (pctl 96)

Patch early

A public exploit exists.

Description

Buffer overflow in Solaris sadmind allows remote attackers to gain root privileges using a NETMGT_PROC_SERVICE request.

Scoring

CVSS	10.0 (HIGH, v2.0)
Vector	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS	12.63% — more likely to be exploited than 96% of all CVEs
On CISA KEV	no
Public exploit	yes
Published	1999-12-10
Last modified	2026-06-16

Affected (2)

Vendor	Product
sun	solaris
sun	sunos

Public exploits

Source	Title	Date
exploit-db	Solaris sadmind - Remote Buffer Overflow	2000-12-01
exploit-db	Solaris 2.5/2.5.1/2.6/7.0 - 'sadmind' Remote Buffer Overflow (3)	2000-11-10
exploit-db	Solaris 2.5/2.5.1/2.6/7.0 - 'sadmind' Remote Buffer Overflow (4)	1999-12-10
exploit-db	Solaris 2.5/2.5.1/2.6/7.0 - 'sadmind' Remote Buffer Overflow (1)	1999-06-24
exploit-db	Solaris 2.5/2.5.1/2.6/7.0 - 'sadmind' Remote Buffer Overflow (2)	1999-06-24

References

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