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CVE-1999-1272

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-1999-1272 describes buffer overflow vulnerabilities within the CDROM Confidence Test program (cdrom) on SGI IRIX systems. This flaw allows a local attacker to achieve root privileges due to the low attack complexity and lack of authentication required. While rated as high severity with a CVSS score of 7.2, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
5CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:6.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.2HIGH

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.36%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
28.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0036 is in the 31st percentile among its peer group of 3,241 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.5 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

patches.sgi.com / support/free/security/advisories/19980301-01-PX
PatchVendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/1635