CVE-1999-1468

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Summary

CVECVE-1999-1468
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published1991-10-22 04:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
Descriptionrdist in various UNIX systems uses popen to execute sendmail, which allows local users to gain root privileges by modifying the IFS (Internal Field Separator) variable.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.2 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
High
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Cray Unicos 6.0 All All All
Operating System Cray Unicos 6.0e All All All
Operating System Cray Unicos 6.1 All All All
Application Next Next 2.0 All All All
Application Next Next 2.1 All All All
Operating System Sgi Irix 3.3 All All All
Operating System Sgi Irix 3.3.1 All All All
Operating System Sgi Irix 3.3.2 All All All
Operating System Sgi Irix 3.3.3 All All All
Operating System Sgi Irix 4.0 All All All
Operating System Sun Sunos 4.0.3 All All All
Operating System Sun Sunos 4.0.3c All All All
Operating System Sun Sunos 4.1 All All All
Operating System Sun Sunos 4.1.1 All All All
Operating System Sun Sunos 4.1psr_a All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[8lgm]-Advisory-1.UNIX.rdist.23-Apr-1991 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.alw.nih.gov
1991 CERT Advisories af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.cert.org Patch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
ISS X-Force Database: rdist-popen-gain-privileges (7160): /usr/ucb/rdist `popen` allows user to gain root privileges af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.iss.net
www.osvdb.org/8106 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osvdb.org
Multiple Vendor rdist(1) Vulnerability (1991) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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