Vulnerability in Digital Osf_1
CVE-1999-0073
Telnet allows a remote client to specify environment variables including LD_LIBRARY_PATH, allowing an attacker to bypass the normal system libraries and gain root access.
EPSS: 0.031 (86.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Digital Osf_1 — versions 1.2, 1.3, 2.0
- Digital Unix — versions 3.2g, 4.0
- Sgi Irix — versions 5.0, 5.0.1, 5.1
- N/a — versions n/a