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CVE-1999-1399

Published

27 years ago

Last Modified

7 years ago

CVSSv2.0 Severity

High

Impact Analysis

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spaceball program in SpaceWare 7.3 v1.0 in IRIX 6.2 allows local users to gain root privileges by setting the HOSTNAME environmental variable to contain the commands to be executed..

CVSSv2.0 Score

Severity: High
Base Score: 7.2/10
Exploit Score: 3.9/10
Access Vector: Local
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication Required: None
Impact Score: 10/10
Confidentiality Impact: Complete
Availability Impact: Complete
Integrity Impact: Complete

Products Affected

CPE	Affected	Vulnerable	Excluding	Edit
cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:6.2:::::::*	Yes	-	-

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/471
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=87602746719552&w=2