CVE-1999-1022
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...
- Published
- Sep 12, 2001
- Updated
- Aug 1, 2024
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Evidence observed
- Feb 2, 1994
Primary CVSS
nvd · CVSS 2.0
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:CLow · next 30 days
- Percentile
- 54.4%
- Model date
- Sep 21, 2026
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Summary
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.
Sources
1transit · irix · Feb 2, 1994
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