CVE-1999-0786 — The dynamic linker in Solaris allows a local user to create arbitrary files via the LD_PROFILE environmental variable and a symlink attack

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MEDIUM

The dynamic linker in Solaris allows a local user to create arbitrary files via the LD_PROFILE environmental variable and a symlink attack

Published Mar 22, 2000

4.6

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 0.56%

Description

The dynamic linker in Solaris allows a local user to create arbitrary files via the LD_PROFILE environmental variable and a symlink attack.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.56% 0.00559

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.00559

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (9 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 2, 2026	0.56% (0.00559)	44.55th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	0.56% (0.00559)	41.91th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.15% (0.00154)	33.65th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.04% (0.00042)	0.34th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.04% (0.00042)	0.50th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.76% (0.01761)	76.53th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 23, 2023	1.76% (0.01761)	76.48th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.76% (0.01761)	74.44th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.76% (0.01761)	53.69th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (1)

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/659
vdb-entryx_refsource_BID

Link	Providers	Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/659		vdb-entryx_refsource_BID

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Mar 22, 2000

Updated Aug 1, 2024

Reserved Nov 25, 1999

Link CVE-1999-0786

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-1999-0786

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-1999-0786