CVE-1999-1022 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

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.

Published: 2001-09-12

Score: 6.2 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:4:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:5.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:5.3:::::::*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-1999-1003	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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity High

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00456.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/930
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/464
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/2111

History

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Subscriptions

Sgi Irix

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2001-09-12T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-01T16:55:29.394Z

Reserved: 2001-08-31T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-1999-1022

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 1994-10-02T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-1999-1022

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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