CVE-1999-1219

Severity

72%

Complexity

39%

Confidentiality

165%

Vulnerability in sgihelp in the SGI help system and print manager in IRIX 5.2 and earlier allows local users to gain root privileges, possibly through the clogin command.

Vulnerability in sgihelp in the SGI help system and print manager in IRIX 5.2 and earlier allows local users to gain root privileges, possibly through the clogin command.

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 30 years ago

1994-08-11 04:00:00

Last updated 6 years ago

2018-05-03 01:29:00

Affected Software

SGI IRIX 5.1

5.1

SGI IRIX 5.2

5.2

References

E-33

Patch, Vendor Advisory

CA-1994-13

Patch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource

468

Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory

sgi-prn-mgr(511)

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