CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-1999-1461

Published: May 07, 1997 | Modified: Oct 18, 2016
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
7.2 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

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 Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Irix Sgi 5.3 (including) 5.3 (including)
Irix Sgi 6.1 (including) 6.1 (including)
Irix Sgi 6.2 (including) 6.2 (including)
Irix Sgi 6.3 (including) 6.3 (including)
Irix Sgi 6.4 (including) 6.4 (including)
Irix Sgi 6.5.10 (including) 6.5.10 (including)

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