# CVE-1999-1587: /usr/ucb/ps in Sun Microsystems Solaris 8 and 9, and certain earlier releases, allows local users to view the environment variables and valu

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 on Exploit-DB
- Published: 2006-03-29 · Updated: 2024-08-01

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

/usr/ucb/ps in Sun Microsystems Solaris 8 and 9, and certain earlier releases, allows local users to view the environment variables and values of arbitrary processes via the -e option.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1123
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1015833
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A1470
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19426
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25460
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102215-1
- http://www.sunmanagers.org/archives/1996/1383.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19662
- http://www.osvdb.org/24200
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2242

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