Vulnerability in Sgi Irix
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 users to gain root privileges via a Trojan horse ls program.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 6.2 (Medium). Vector: AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.008 (54.6th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 55th percentile — 54.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.008 · newest: 0.008 · change: -0.000
Affected products
- Sgi Irix — versions 4, 5.2, 5.3
References
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/2111 (vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/930 (Vendor Advisory, mailing-list, Exploit)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/464 (Exploit, Patch, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)