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CVE-1999-1022

Published: Sep 12, 2001

Modified: Aug 1, 2024

PUBLISHED

Description

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.

VendorProductVersions

n/a

n/a

affected
n/a

References

sgi-serialports(2111)
vdb-entry
x_refsource_XF
19941002
mailing-list
x_refsource_BUGTRAQ
464
vdb-entry
x_refsource_BID

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