CVE Catalog

CVE-1999-1040

High
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.36%

28th percentile - higher than 28% of all known CVEs

Summary

Vulnerabilities in ipxchk and ipxlink in NetWare Client 1.0 on IRIX 6.3 and 6.4 allow local users to gain root access via a modified IFS environmental variable.

Risk Assessment

This vulnerability allows unauthorized access to the system, potentially leading to serious security breaches and data loss.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update the NetWare Client to the latest version and to monitor and restrict local user access to the system.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Vulnerabilities in (1) ipxchk and (2) ipxlink in NetWare Client 1.0 on IRIX 6.3 and 6.4 allows local users to gain root access via a modified IFS environmental variable.

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