CVE-1999-1398

Medium

Published: 07/05/1997(UTC)Updated: 16/06/2026(UTC)Translated: 18/06/2026(UTC)NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Elevated risk

0.80%

52th percentile - higher than 52% of all known CVEs

Vulnerability in xfsdump in SGI IRIX may allow local users to obtain root privileges via the bck.log log file, possibly via a symlink attack.

This vulnerability could lead to unauthorized access to the system and full control by local users.

It is recommended to restrict access to the bck.log file and to monitor and update the system to mitigate this vulnerability.

Original NVD description (English source)

Vulnerability in xfsdump in SGI IRIX may allow local users to obtain root privileges via the bck.log log file, possibly via a symlink attack.