CVE-1999-1410 Path traversal in n/a

Medium 6.2 Published 12 Sep 2001 Updated 1 Aug 2024

Local attackers can overwrite arbitrary files and gain root privileges via a symlink attack on temporary files in IRIX.

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-1999-1410?

CVE-1999-1410 is a medium-severity path traversal 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

addnetpr in IRIX 5.3 and 6.2 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files and possibly gain root privileges via a symlink attack on the printers temporary file.

Which versions are affected by CVE-1999-1410?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Sgi Irix.

How do I fix CVE-1999-1410?

No fix has been published for CVE-1999-1410 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-1999-1410 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-1999-1410 exists.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-c246-pm63-mr5c.