CVE-1999-0149 Path traversal in n/a

What is CVE-1999-0149?

CVE-1999-0149 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in Sgi Irix, published on 29 Sep 1999. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The wrap CGI program in IRIX allows remote attackers to view arbitrary directory listings via a .. (dot dot) attack.

Which versions are affected by CVE-1999-0149?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Sgi Irix.

How do I fix CVE-1999-0149?

No fix has been published for CVE-1999-0149 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.

Is CVE-1999-0149 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-1999-0149 exists.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.

Other vulnerabilities in Sgi Irix

• CVE-2002-1584 Privilege escalation in n/a Critical 10.0
• CVE-2004-0139 Other in n/a Critical 10.0
• CVE-2003-0575 Memory corruption in n/a Critical 10.0
• CVE-2003-0473 Privilege escalation in n/a Critical 10.0
• CVE-2002-0359 Auth bypass in n/a Critical 10.0

All Sgi Irix vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-3699-c5vc-4r22.