CVE-1999-0073

Severity

99%

Complexity

99%

Confidentiality

165%

Telnet allows a remote client to specify environment variables including LD_LIBRARY_PATH, allowing an attacker to bypass the normal system libraries and gain root access.

Telnet allows a remote client to specify environment variables including LD_LIBRARY_PATH, allowing an attacker to bypass the normal system libraries and gain root access.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 9.9. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C).

Overview

Type

SGI IRIX

First reported 29 years ago

1995-10-13 04:00:00

Last updated 16 years ago

2008-09-09 12:33:00

Affected Software

SGI IRIX 5.0.1

5.0.1

SGI IRIX 5.1

5.1

SGI IRIX 5.1.1

5.1.1

SGI IRIX 5.2

5.2

SGI IRIX 5.3

5.3

SGI IRIX 5.3 XFS

5.3

SGI IRIX 6.0

6.0

SGI IRIX 6.0.1

6.0.1

SGI IRIX 6.0.1 XFS

6.0.1

SGI IRIX 6.1

6.1

SGI IRIX 6.2

6.2

SGI IRIX 6.3

6.3

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