CVE Catalog

CVE-1999-1219

High
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Elevated risk
1.28%

66th percentile - higher than 66% of all known CVEs

Summary

Vulnerability in sgihelp in the SGI help system and print manager in IRIX 5.2 and earlier allows local users to gain root privileges, possibly through the clogin command.

Risk Assessment

This vulnerability allows local users unauthorized access to the system with administrator privileges, potentially leading to serious security breaches.

Recommendation

It is recommended to upgrade the system to a newer version that does not contain this vulnerability and to restrict access to the clogin command.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Vulnerability in sgihelp in the SGI help system and print manager in IRIX 5.2 and earlier allows local users to gain root privileges, possibly through the clogin command.

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