CVE-1999-1080

Summary

CVE-1999-1080 is a vulnerability affecting SunOS 5.7's rmount utility. Contrary to documentation and earlier versions, rmount may mount file systems without the nosuid flag, which is intended to prevent the execution of setuid programs. This oversight allows local users with physical access to potentially gain root privileges by mounting a floppy or CD-ROM that contains a setuid program and executing volcheck on unsecured file systems.

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