CVE-1999-1022 Privilege escalation in n/a
Local attackers can gain root privileges by exploiting a PATH trust issue in the IRIX serial_ports administrative program.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-1999-1022?
CVE-1999-1022 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Sgi Irix, published on 12 Sep 2001. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
serial_ports administrative program in IRIX 4.x and 5.x trusts the user's PATH environmental variable to find and execute the ls program, which allows local users to gain root privileges via a Trojan horse ls program.
Which versions are affected by CVE-1999-1022?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Sgi Irix.
How do I fix CVE-1999-1022?
No fix has been published for CVE-1999-1022 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-1999-1022 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-1999-1022 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in Sgi Irix
Sources
Also known as CVE-1999-1310, GHSA-29g7-m78g-3fx6.