CVE-1999-1040 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability affecting NetWare Client 1.0 on IRIX versions 6.3 and 6.4. Specifically, the ipxchk and ipxlink utilities are susceptible to root access via manipulation of the IFS environmental variable. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 7.2 (HIGH), indicating a low attack complexity and requiring local access, but allowing for complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this older vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
6.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
6.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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