serial_ports administrative program in IRIX 4.x and 5.x trusts the user's PATH environmental variable to find and execute the ls program, which allows local users to gain root privileges via a Trojan horse ls program.
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-1999-1003 serial_ports administrative program in IRIX 4.x and 5.x trusts the user's PATH environmental variable to find and execute the ls program, which allows local users to gain root privileges via a Trojan horse ls program.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-01T16:55:29.394Z

Reserved: 2001-08-31T00:00:00

Link: CVE-1999-1022

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 1994-10-02T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Link: CVE-1999-1022

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