CVE-1999-1022

serial_ports administrative program in IRIX 4.x and 5.x trusts the user's PATH environmental variable to find and execute the ls program, which allows local users to gain root privileges via a Trojan horse ls program.

CVSS v2.0 6.2 MEDIUM

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CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

V2 Legend

Vector : AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Exploitability : 1.9 / Impact : 10.0

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity HIGH

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact COMPLETE

Integrity Impact COMPLETE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

References

Link	Resource
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/930	Exploit Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/464	Exploit Patch Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/2111

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:5.3:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:4:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:5.2:::::::*

Information

Published : 1994-10-01 21:00

Updated : 2017-12-18 18:29

NVD link : CVE-1999-1022

Mitre link : CVE-1999-1022

JSON object : View

CWE

NVD-CWE-Other

Products Affected

sgi

irix

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