7.2
CVSSv2

CVE-1999-1219

Published: 11/08/1994 Updated: 03/05/2018
CVSS v2 Base Score: 7.2 | Impact Score: 10 | Exploitability Score: 3.9
VMScore: 725
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Vulnerability Summary

Vulnerability in sgihelp in the SGI help system and print manager in IRIX 5.2 and previous versions allows local users to gain root privileges, possibly through the clogin command.

Vulnerability Trend

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sgi irix 5.1

sgi irix 5.2

Exploits

source: wwwsecurityfocuscom/bid/468/info The sgihelp program, from SGI and included with IRIX 51 and 52, contains a vulnerability sgihelp contains an option that allows a user to print to a command Certain SGI utilities, including PrintStatus, printers, scanners, and a number of others, will call this program without changing their ui ...