CVE Catalog

CVE-1999-1183

High
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

High risk
2.68%

84th percentile - higher than 84% of all known CVEs

Summary

The System Manager sysmgr GUI in SGI IRIX 6.4 and 6.3 allows remote attackers to execute commands by providing a trojan horse (1) runtask or (2) runexec descriptor file, which is used to execute a System Manager Task when the user's Mailcap entry supports the x-sgi-task or x-sgi-exec type.

Risk Assessment

An attacker can remotely execute arbitrary commands on the system, leading to serious security breaches and potential data loss.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update the system to the latest version and restrict access to the System Manager to trusted users.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

System Manager sysmgr GUI in SGI IRIX 6.4 and 6.3 allows remote attackers to execute commands by providing a trojan horse (1) runtask or (2) runexec descriptor file, which is used to execute a System Manager Task when the user's Mailcap entry supports the x-sgi-task or x-sgi-exec type.

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