CVE-1999-1398 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in the xfsdump utility within SGI IRIX, potentially allowing local users to gain root access through a symlink attack involving the bck.log file. This vulnerability is rated Medium severity (CVSS 6.2) due to its local attack vector and high attack complexity, but with complete confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or Metasploit/Nuclei modules, an exploit is available on ExploitDB, and the CVE has minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
5.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:5.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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