CVE-1999-1461 Privilege escalation in n/a
Local attackers can gain root access by exploiting PATH trust in inpview to execute a malicious ttsession 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-1999-1461?
CVE-1999-1461 is a high-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
inpview in InPerson on IRIX 5.3 through IRIX 6.5.10 trusts the PATH environmental variable to find and execute the ttsession program, which allows local users to obtain root access by modifying the PATH to point to a Trojan horse ttsession program.
Which versions are affected by CVE-1999-1461?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Sgi Irix.
How do I fix CVE-1999-1461?
No fix has been published for CVE-1999-1461 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-1999-1461 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-1999-1461 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in Sgi Irix
Sources
Also known as GHSA-49q4-89v2-j76r.