CVE-1999-1022

Published Oct 2, 1994

Last updated 7 years ago

Overview

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.
Source
cve@mitre.org
NVD status
Modified

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Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type
Primary
Base score
6.2
Impact score
10
Exploitability score
1.9
Vector string
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov
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