CVEvulnerability
CVE-1999-1461
7.2 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 1997-05-07
- 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
inpview in InPerson on IRIX 5.3 through IRIX 6.5.10 trusts the PATH environmental variable to find and execute the ttsession program, which allows local users to obtain root access by modifying the PATH to point to a Trojan horse ttsession program.
Affected configurations
• sgi irix 5.3
• sgi irix 6.1
• sgi irix 6.2
• sgi irix 6.3
• sgi irix 6.4
• sgi irix 6.5.10
Related
Referenced by CWE · observed example (1)
- CWE-427 Uncontrolled Search Path Element weakness
References
- ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20001101-01-I Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=87602167420921&w=2 marc.info
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/381 Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20001101-01-I Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=87602167420921&w=2 marc.info
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/381 Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory