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CVE-1999-1432

HIGH CVSS: 7.5 Published: 1998-07-16 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

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.

Affected Platforms

Sun SolarisSun Sunos

Weakness Type

NVD-CWE-Other

References