CVE-1999-1424 Information

Description

Solaris Solstice AdminSuite (AdminSuite) 2.1 uses unsafe permissions when adding new users to the NIS+ password table which allows local users to gain root access by modifying their password table entries.

Reference

http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doctype=coll&doc=secbull/145 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/208