CVE-1999-1398 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-1999-1398

Vulnerability in xfsdump in SGI IRIX may allow local users...

Vulnerability Description

Vulnerability in xfsdump in SGI IRIX may allow local users to obtain root privileges via the bck.log log file, possibly via a symlink attack.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

irix
Vulnerable Versions:
5.0, 5.0.1, 5.1, 5.1.1, 5.2, 5.3, 6.0, 6.0.1, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3, 6.4

Timeline

Official Publish: September 12th, 2001
Last Modified: August 1st, 2024
Added to House: July 17th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.