CVE-1999-1398

high

Description

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

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/472

http://www.insecure.org/sploits/irix.xfsdump.html

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=87602167420921&w=2

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 1997-05-07

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.2

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

Severity: Medium

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

Severity: High

EPSS

EPSS: 0.0014