CVE Catalog

CVE-1999-1461

High
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Elevated risk
0.96%

57th percentile - higher than 57% of all known CVEs

Summary

The inpview program in InPerson on IRIX 5.3 through 6.5.10 trusts the PATH environmental variable to find and execute the ttsession program. This allows local users to gain root access by modifying the PATH to point to a Trojan horse ttsession program.

Risk Assessment

The risk associated with this vulnerability is the potential for local users to gain unauthorized root access, which could lead to serious security breaches in the system.

Recommendation

It is recommended to limit trust in the PATH variable and implement access controls on the ttsession program to prevent it from being executed from unauthorized locations.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

inpview in InPerson on IRIX 5.3 through IRIX 6.5.10 trusts the PATH environmental variable to find and execute the ttsession program, which allows local users to obtain root access by modifying the PATH to point to a Trojan horse ttsession program.

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