CVE-1999-1461

Published May 7, 1997

Last updated 8 years ago

Overview

Description: inpview in InPerson on IRIX 5.3 through IRIX 6.5.10 trusts the PATH environmental variable to find and execute the ttsession program, which allows local users to obtain root access by modifying the PATH to point to a Trojan horse ttsession program.
Source: cve@mitre.org
NVD status: Modified

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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  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "26144F94-63FD-4907-B548-09B68C2FC9B3"
          },
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "966C1A13-8007-408D-96BE-0DA3BB6CA401"
          },
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "0ECE564D-B4BB-4C05-88CC-CDC3F8E4E366"
          },
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "B2D59247-56FA-46B4-BB51-2DAE71AFC145"
          },
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "15BE08F8-5F3F-45DB-BFE0-1F6F2F57A4D4"
          },
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:6.5.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "60CC9410-F6B8-4748-B76F-30626279028E"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

Overview

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Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Weaknesses

Configurations

References