CVE-1999-1410

Severity

62%

Complexity

19%

Confidentiality

165%

addnetpr in IRIX 5.3 and 6.2 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files and possibly gain root privileges via a symlink attack on the printers temporary file.

addnetpr in IRIX 5.3 and 6.2 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files and possibly gain root privileges via a symlink attack on the printers temporary file.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 6.2. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: high. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C).

Overview

Type

SGI IRIX

First reported 27 years ago

1997-05-09 04:00:00

Last updated 8 years ago

2016-10-18 02:04:00

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 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

References

ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/19961203-02-PX

Patch, Vendor Advisory

19970509 Re: Irix: misc

330

Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory

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