CVE-1999-1040

high

Description

Vulnerabilities in (1) ipxchk and (2) ipxlink in NetWare Client 1.0 on IRIX 6.3 and 6.4 allows local users to gain root access via a modified IFS environmental variable.

References

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=89217373930054&w=2

http://ciac.llnl.gov/ciac/bulletins/i-055.shtml

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 1998-04-08

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H