CVE-1999-1022

serial_ports administrative program in IRIX 4.x and 5.x trusts the user's PATH environmental variable to find and execute the ls program, which allows local users to gain root privileges via a Trojan horse ls program.

Affected products

Irix

Sgi Irix

= 4, 5.2, 5.3

Fix

Available

CVSS 2.0

6.2 MEDIUM

EPSS

0.8% (54th percentile)

NVD status

Modified

Published

2001-09-12