CVE-1999-1040

Severity

72%

Complexity

39%

Confidentiality

165%

Vulnerabilities in (1) ipxchk and (2) ipxlink in NetWare Client 1.0 on IRIX 6.3 and 6.4 allows local users to gain root access via a modified IFS environmental variable.

Vulnerabilities in (1) ipxchk and (2) ipxlink in NetWare Client 1.0 on IRIX 6.3 and 6.4 allows local users to gain root access via a modified IFS environmental variable.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 7.2. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C).

Overview

Type

SGI IRIX

First reported 26 years ago

1998-04-08 04:00:00

Last updated 8 years ago

2016-10-18 02:00:00

Affected Software

SGI IRIX 6.3

6.3

SGI IRIX 6.4

6.4

References

19980501-01-P

Patch, Vendor Advisory

I-055

Patch, Vendor Advisory

19980408 SGI O2 ipx security issue

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