CVE-1999-0025 is a local privilege escalation vulnerability affecting legacy SGI IRIX systems caused by a buffer overflow in the df command. With a CVSS score of 7.2, this high-severity flaw allows a local attacker to easily gain root access, leading to a complete compromise of system confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Although historical exploit code is publicly available through ExploitDB, the vulnerability is currently inactive with no recent media coverage, community discussion, or presence on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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No media coverage found for this CVE.
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.