CVE-1999-1186
Published Jan 2, 1996
Last updated 8 years ago
Overview
- Description
- rxvt, when compiled with the PRINT_PIPE option in various Linux operating systems including Linux Slackware 3.0 and RedHat 2.1, allows local users to gain root privileges by specifying a malicious program using the -print-pipe command line parameter.
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
- NVD status
- Modified
Social media
- Hype score
- Not currently trending
Risk scores
CVSS 2.0
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 7.2
- Impact score
- 10
- Exploitability score
- 3.9
- Vector string
- AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weaknesses
- nvd@nist.gov
- NVD-CWE-Other
Configurations
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