CVE-1999-1501

Published Apr 8, 1998

Last updated 8 years ago

Overview

Description: (1) ipxchk and (2) ipxlink in SGI OS2 IRIX 6.3 does not properly clear the IFS environmental variable before executing system calls, which allows local users to execute arbitrary commands.
Source: cve@mitre.org
NVD status: Modified

Hype score: Not currently trending

Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type: Primary
Base score: 4.6
Impact score: 6.4
Exploitability score: 3.9
Vector string: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: NVD-CWE-Other

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "B2D59247-56FA-46B4-BB51-2DAE71AFC145"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

References