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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Aug 20, 1997· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-1999-1399

CVE-1999-1399

Description

spaceball program in SpaceWare 7.3 v1.0 in IRIX 6.2 allows local users to gain root privileges by setting the HOSTNAME environmental variable to contain the commands to be executed.

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Affected products

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  • Sgi/Irix
    cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

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