Vulnerability in Sgi Irix
CVE-1999-1461
inpview in InPerson on IRIX 5.3 through IRIX 6.5.10 trusts the PATH environmental variable to find and execute the ttsession program, which allows local users to obtain root access by modifying the PATH to point to a Trojan horse ttsession program.
EPSS: 0.010 (58.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Sgi Irix — versions 5.3, 6.1, 6.2
- N/a — versions n/a
References
- cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ)
- cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Patch, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, Vendor Advisory)