Vulnerabilities > CVE-1999-1461 - Unspecified vulnerability in SGI Irix
Attack vector
LOCAL Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
COMPLETE Integrity impact
COMPLETE Availability impact
COMPLETE Summary
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.
Vulnerable Configurations
| Part | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| OS | 6 |
Exploit-Db
| description | SGI IRIX 6.4 inpview Vulnerability. CVE-1999-1461 . Local exploit for irix platform |
| id | EDB-ID:19304 |
| last seen | 2016-02-02 |
| modified | 1997-05-07 |
| published | 1997-05-07 |
| reporter | Yuri Volobuev |
| source | https://www.exploit-db.com/download/19304/ |
| title | SGI IRIX <= 6.4 inpview Vulnerability |