Vulnerability in Rxvt
CVE-1999-1186
rxvt, when compiled with the PRINT_PIPE option in various Linux operating systems including Linux Slackware 3.0 and RedHat 2.1, allows local users to gain root privileges by specifying a malicious program using the -print-pipe command line…
EPSS: 0.004 (31.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Rxvt
- Slackware Slackware_linux — versions 3.0
- Redhat Linux — versions 2.1
- N/a — versions n/a
References
- cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ)