VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-1999-1399

CVSS score7.2 HIGH
EPSS probability0.89%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published1997-08-20
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Description

spaceball program in SpaceWare 7.3 v1.0 in IRIX 6.2 allows local users to gain root privileges by setting the HOSTNAME environmental variable to contain the commands to be executed.

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