Vulnerability in Sgi Irix

CVE-1999-1040

Vulnerabilities in (1) ipxchk and (2) ipxlink in NetWare Client 1.0 on IRIX 6.3 and 6.4 allows local users to gain root access via a modified IFS environmental variable.

EPSS: 0.004 (29.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

  • Sgi Irix — versions 6.3, 6.4
  • N/a — versions n/a

References

  • cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ)
  • cve@mitre.org (Patch, government-resource, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory, x_refsource_CIAC)