PT-1997-1232 · Sgi · Sgi Irix

Published 1997-05-07 · Updated 2016-10-18 · CVE-1999-1398

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.2

Medium

Base vector

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

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

Description The issue allows local users to potentially obtain root privileges, possibly through a symlink attack involving the bck.log log file.

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

Exploit

Related Identifiers

CVE-1999-1398

Affected Products

Sgi Irix

References · 5

• 🔥 http://securityfocus.com/bid/472 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/19358 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-1999-1398 · Security Note
• http://insecure.org/sploits/irix.xfsdump.html · Note
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=87602167420921&w=2 · Note