CVE-1999-1399 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

spaceball program in SpaceWare 7.3 v1.0 in IRIX 6.2 allows local users to gain root privileges by setting the HOSTNAME environmental variable to contain the commands to be executed.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0038.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Project Subscriptions

Vendors	Products
Sgi Subscribe	Irix Subscribe

Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-1999-1380	spaceball program in SpaceWare 7.3 v1.0 in IRIX 6.2 allows local users to gain root privileges by setting the HOSTNAME environmental variable to contain the commands to be executed.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=87602746719552&w=2
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/471

History

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Projects

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2001-09-12T04:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-01T17:11:03.183Z

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

Link: CVE-1999-1399

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 1997-08-20T04:00:00.000

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

Link: CVE-1999-1399

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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