Security Advisory

CVE-1999-1137

CVE vulnerability detail — eXtreme Datacenter Security Operations

Published 2002-03-09 05:00:00
Last updated 2024-08-01 17:02:53
Assigner mitre
State PUBLISHED

Description

The permissions for the /dev/audio device on Solaris 2.2 and earlier, and SunOS 4.1.x, allow any local user to read from the device, which could be used by an attacker to monitor conversations happening near a machine that has a microphone.