What is CVE-1999-0039?

CVE-1999-0039 is a high-severity vulnerability in Sgi Irix, classified under Command Injection. CVSS score: 7.3/10. Published 1997-05-06.

How severe is CVE-1999-0039?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.3 out of 10.

RCE in Sgi Irix

CVE-1999-0039

webdist CGI program (webdist.cgi) in SGI IRIX allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the distloc parameter.

Vulnerability class: Command Injection (OS Command Injection)

EPSS: 0.162 (96.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.3 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L.

Affected products

Sgi Irix — versions 5.0, 5.1, 5.2
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-77 — Command Injection

References

cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF)
cve@mitre.org (US Government Resource, x_refsource_CERT, third-party-advisory)
cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_OSVDB, vdb-entry)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-1999-0039?: CVE-1999-0039 is a high-severity vulnerability in Sgi Irix, classified under Command Injection. CVSS score: 7.3/10. Published 1997-05-06.
How severe is CVE-1999-0039?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.3 out of 10.