CVE-1999-1468

Severity

62%

Complexity

19%

Confidentiality

165%

rdist in various UNIX systems uses popen to execute sendmail, which allows local users to gain root privileges by modifying the IFS (Internal Field Separator) variable.

rdist in various UNIX systems uses popen to execute sendmail, which allows local users to gain root privileges by modifying the IFS (Internal Field Separator) variable.

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

First reported 33 years ago

1991-10-22 04:00:00

Last updated 16 years ago

2008-09-10 19:01:00

Affected Software

Cray UNICOS 6.0

6.0

Cray UNICOS 6.0E

6.0e

Cray UNICOS 6.1

6.1

Sun SunOS 4.0.3

4.0.3

Sun SunOS 4.0.3c

4.0.3c

Sun SunOS 4.1

4.1

Sun SunOS 4.1.1

4.1.1

Sun SunOS 4.1PSR_A

4.1psr_a

References

http://www.alw.nih.gov/Security/8lgm/8lgm-Advisory-01.html

CA-91.20

Patch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource

rdist-popen-gain-privileges(7160)

8106

31

Patch, Vendor Advisory

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