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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Oct 13, 1995· Updated Apr 16, 2026

CVE-1999-0073

CVE-1999-0073

Description

Telnet allows a remote client to specify environment variables including LD_LIBRARY_PATH, allowing an attacker to bypass the normal system libraries and gain root access.

Affected products

20
  • Digital Project/Osf 15 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:digital:osf_1:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 4 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:digital:osf_1:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:digital:osf_1:1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:digital:osf_1:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:digital:osf_1:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:digital:osf_1:3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • Digital Project/Unix2 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:digital:unix:3.2g:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:digital:unix:3.2g:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:digital:unix:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • Sgi/Irix13 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 12 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:5.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:5.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:5.3:*:xfs:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:6.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:6.0.1:*:xfs:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:6.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

0

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

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References

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