CVE Catalog

CVE-1999-0030

High
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Elevated risk
1.07%

60th percentile - higher than 60% of all known CVEs

Summary

CVE-1999-0030 is a buffer overflow vulnerability in the xlock command on SGI IRIX systems, potentially allowing root privileges.

Risk Assessment

Exploitation of this vulnerability could allow an attacker full control over the system, posing a serious security threat to the organization.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update SGI IRIX systems and monitor and restrict access to the xlock command.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

root privileges via buffer overflow in xlock command on SGI IRIX systems.

Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS