CVE-1999-0329 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in the SGI mediad program, affecting SGI IRIX systems. This high-severity flaw (CVSS 7.2) allows unauthenticated local users to gain root access with low attack complexity, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there publicly available exploit modules or significant community discussion surrounding this legacy vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
5.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:5.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:5.3:*:xfs:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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