CVEvulnerability

CVE-1999-1186

7.2 HIGH Published 1996-01-02 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
1996-01-02
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Description

rxvt, when compiled with the PRINT_PIPE option in various Linux operating systems including Linux Slackware 3.0 and RedHat 2.1, allows local users to gain root privileges by specifying a malicious program using the -print-pipe command line parameter.

Affected configurations

• rxvt rxvt • redhat linux 2.1 • slackware slackware linux 3.0

References