CVE-1999-1025

Summary

CVE-1999-1025 is a vulnerability affecting the CDE screen lock program, specifically on Solaris 2.6 systems that function as NIS+ clients. This issue arises due to the screenlock utility's inability to securely lock an unprivileged user's console session. Consequently, individuals with physical access to the system can bypass the lock screen and gain unauthorized access by entering any arbitrary string as the password.

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