CVE-1999-0270 Path traversal in n/a

What is CVE-1999-0270?

CVE-1999-0270 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Sgi Irix, published on 18 Jan 2000. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Directory traversal vulnerability in pfdispaly.cgi program (sometimes referred to as "pfdisplay") for SGI's Performer API Search Tool (performer_tools) allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files.

Which versions are affected by CVE-1999-0270?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Sgi Irix.

How do I fix CVE-1999-0270?

No fix has been published for CVE-1999-0270 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-1999-0270 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-1999-0270 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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-f57m-fvgm-36q5.