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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published May 7, 1997· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-1999-1398

CVE-1999-1398

Description

Vulnerability in xfsdump in SGI IRIX may allow local users to obtain root privileges via the bck.log log file, possibly via a symlink attack.

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Affected products

16

Sgi/Irix15 versions
cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 14 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:6.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)
Sgi/xfsdumpllm-create

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

3

www.securityfocus.com/bid/472nvdExploitPatchVendor Advisory
marc.infonvd
www.insecure.org/sploits/irix.xfsdump.htmlnvd

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