Vulnerability in Sgi Irix
CVE-1999-1398
Vulnerability in xfsdump in SGI IRIX may allow local users to obtain root privileges via the bck.log log file, possibly via a symlink attack.
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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 (54.8th percentile), scored .
Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 55th percentile — 54.8% 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 5.0, 5.0.1, 5.1
References
- marc.info/ (mailing-list)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/472 (Exploit, Patch, vdb-entry, Vendor Advisory)
- www.insecure.org/sploits/irix.xfsdump.html