PT-1998-1232 · Xosview · Xosview

Published 1998-05-28 · Updated 2016-10-18 · CVE-1999-1490

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 xosview version 1.5.1

Description The issue allows local users to gain root access by exploiting a long HOME environmental variable.

Recommendations For xosview version 1.5.1, update to a version that fixes this issue to prevent local users from gaining root access.

Exploit

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-1999-1490

Affected Products

Xosview

References · 6

• 🔥 http://securityfocus.com/bid/362 · Exploit
• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/19281 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-1999-1490 · Security Note
• http://iss.net/security_center/static/8787.php · Note
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=90221101926034&w=2 · Note
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=90221101926021&w=2 · Note