PT-1998-1233 · Sgi · Irix

Published 1998-05-27 · Updated 2017-12-19 · CVE-1999-1492

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 IRIX version 6.4

Description A local attacker can create arbitrary root-owned files, leading to root privileges, due to an issue in diskperf and diskalign.

Recommendations For IRIX version 6.4, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Related Identifiers

CVE-1999-1492

Affected Products

Irix

References · 5

• ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/19980502-01-P3030 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/348 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-1999-1492 · Security Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/2104 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/2103 · Note