CVE-1999-1461

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

Unavailable / Other

Publication date:

07/05/1997

Last modified:

03/04/2025

Description

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.

Impact

Vector 2.0

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.20 HIGH
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0

7.20

Severity 2.0

HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:5.3:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:6.1:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:6.2:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:6.3:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:6.4:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:6.5.10:::::::*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:5.3:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:6.1:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:6.2:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:6.3:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:6.4:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:6.5.10:::::::*

CVE-1999-1461

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

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