CVE-1999-1461 (GCVE-0-1999-1461)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2001-09-12 04:00 – Updated: 2024-08-01 17:18
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=87602167420921&w=2 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/381 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advis… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SGI
Date Public
1997-05-07 00:00
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