CVE Catalog

CVE-1999-1232

High
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.39%

31th percentile - higher than 31% of all known CVEs

Summary

The vulnerability in day5datacopier in SGI IRIX 6.2 allows local users to execute arbitrary commands via a modified PATH environment variable that points to a malicious cp program.

Risk Assessment

The organization may be exposed to unauthorized command execution by local users, potentially leading to data loss or system integrity breaches.

Recommendation

It is recommended to restrict access to the PATH variable and to monitor and control local users to prevent exploitation of this vulnerability.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Untrusted search path vulnerability in day5datacopier in SGI IRIX 6.2 allows local users to execute arbitrary commands via a modified PATH environment variable that points to a malicious cp program.

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