CVE Catalog

CVE-1999-1492

High
Published: Updated: Translated: NVD NIST

Exploitation Probability (EPSS)

Low risk
0.42%

33th percentile - higher than 33% of all known CVEs

Summary

Vulnerability in (1) diskperf and (2) diskalign in IRIX 6.4 allows local attacker to create arbitrary root owned files, leading to root privileges.

Risk Assessment

An attacker can exploit this vulnerability to gain full control over the system, posing a serious security threat to the organization.

Recommendation

It is recommended to update the IRIX system to the latest version and restrict access to diskperf and diskalign functions to trusted users.

Related vulnerabilities

Original NVD description (English source)

Vulnerability in (1) diskperf and (2) diskalign in IRIX 6.4 allows local attacker to create arbitrary root owned files, leading to root privileges.

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