CVEvulnerability

CVE-1999-1120

4.6 MEDIUM Published 1997-01-04 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
1997-01-04
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
4.6 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Description

netprint in SGI IRIX 6.4 and earlier trusts the PATH environmental variable for finding and executing the disable program, which allows local users to gain privileges.

Affected configurations

• sgi irix (<= 6.4) • sgi irix 5.3 • sgi irix 6.0 • sgi irix 6.0.1 • sgi irix 6.1 • sgi irix 6.2 • sgi irix 6.3

Related

Referenced by CWE · observed example (1)

  • CWE-426 Untrusted Search Path weakness

References