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

CVE-1999-1461

CVE-1999-1461

Description

inpview in InPerson on IRIX 5.3 through IRIX 6.5.10 trusts the PATH environmental variable to find and execute the ttsession program, which allows local users to obtain root access by modifying the PATH to point to a Trojan horse ttsession program.

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Affected products

7
  • Sgi/Irix6 versions
    cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 5 more
    • cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:6.5.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • Sgi/InPersonllm-fuzzy

Patches

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