CVE-1999-1501 Command injection in n/a

Medium 4.6 Published 12 Sep 2001 Updated 1 Aug 2024

Local attackers can execute arbitrary commands via environment variable manipulation in SGI IRIX utilities, leading to privilege escalation.

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-1999-1501?

CVE-1999-1501 is a medium-severity command injection 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

(1) ipxchk and (2) ipxlink in SGI OS2 IRIX 6.3 does not properly clear the IFS environmental variable before executing system calls, which allows local users to execute arbitrary commands.

Which versions are affected by CVE-1999-1501?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Sgi Irix.

How do I fix CVE-1999-1501?

No fix has been published for CVE-1999-1501 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and pass arguments to programs as a list instead of through a shell. More about Command injection.

Is CVE-1999-1501 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-1999-1501 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-442g-whj9-hm26.