PT-1996-1053 · Rxvt · Rxvt

Published 1996-01-02 · Updated 2016-10-18 · CVE-1999-1186

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.2

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions rxvt versions (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue allows local users to gain root privileges by specifying a malicious program using the -print-pipe command line parameter when rxvt is compiled with the PRINT PIPE option in various Linux operating systems.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Related Identifiers

CVE-1999-1186

Affected Products

Rxvt

References · 2

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-1999-1186 · Security Note
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=87602167418966&w=2 · Note