CVE-1999-1501 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

(1) ipxchk and (2) ipxlink in SGI OS2 IRIX 6.3 does not properly clear the IFS environmental variable before executing system calls, which allows local users to execute arbitrary commands.

Published: 2001-09-12

Score: 4.6 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-1999-1482	(1) ipxchk and (2) ipxlink in SGI OS2 IRIX 6.3 does not properly clear the IFS environmental variable before executing system calls, which allows local users to execute arbitrary commands.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00074.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=89217373930054&w=2
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71

History

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Subscriptions

Sgi Irix

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2001-09-12T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-01T17:18:07.513Z

Reserved: 2001-08-31T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-1999-1501

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 1998-04-08T04:00:00.000

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

Link: CVE-1999-1501

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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