CVE-1999-1398
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2001-09-12 04:00
Modified
2024-08-01 17:11
Severity ?
Summary
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.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=87602167420921&w=2
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.insecure.org/sploits/irix.xfsdump.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/472Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=87602167420921&w=2
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.insecure.org/sploits/irix.xfsdump.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/472Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
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