CVE-1999-1120

Severity

46%

Complexity

39%

Confidentiality

106%

netprint in SGI IRIX 6.4 and earlier trusts the PATH environmental variable for finding and executing the disable program, which allows local users to gain privileges.

netprint in SGI IRIX 6.4 and earlier trusts the PATH environmental variable for finding and executing the disable program, which allows local users to gain privileges.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 4.6. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P).

Overview

Type

SGI

First reported 28 years ago

1997-01-04 05:00:00

Last updated 7 years ago

2017-10-10 01:29:00

Affected Software

SGI IRIX 5.3

5.3

SGI IRIX 6.0

6.0

SGI IRIX 6.0.1

6.0.1

SGI IRIX 6.1

6.1

SGI IRIX 6.2

6.2

SGI IRIX 6.3

6.3

SGI IRAX

References

19961203-01-PX

19961203-02-PX

Patch, Vendor Advisory

19970104 Irix: netprint story

993

395

Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory

sgi-netprint(2107)

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