CVE-1999-1026

Summary

CVE-1999-1026 is a vulnerability affecting the aspppd daemon on Solaris 2.5 x86 systems. Hackers can exploit this weakness by creating a symlink (symbolic link) to the /tmp/.asppp.fifo file, manipulating its target to point to any arbitrary file. With successful exploitation, local users are granted root privileges, posing a significant threat to system security.

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