CVE-1999-0960 Path traversal in n/a

What is CVE-1999-0960?

CVE-1999-0960 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in Sgi Irix, published on 4 Jan 2000. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

IRIX cdplayer allows local users to create directories in arbitrary locations via a command line option.

Which versions are affected by CVE-1999-0960?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Sgi Irix.

How do I fix CVE-1999-0960?

No fix has been published for CVE-1999-0960 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-1999-0960 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-1999-0960 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-627f-8vjf-xp74.