CVE-1999-1399 — HIGH severity vulnerability (spaceball program in SpaceWare 7.3 v1.0 in IRIX 6.2 allows l)
spaceball program in SpaceWare 7.3 v1.0 in IRIX 6.2 allows local users to gain root privileges by setting the HOSTNAME environmental variable to contain the commands to be executed.
| CVE ID | CVE-1999-1399 |
|---|---|
| Severity | HIGH |
| CVSS score | 7.2 |
| CVSS vector | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
| CWE | NVD-CWE-Other |
| Status | Modified |
| Published | 1997-08-20 |
| Last modified | 2026-04-16 |
| Description | spaceball program in SpaceWare 7.3 v1.0 in IRIX 6.2 allows local users to gain root privileges by setting the HOSTNAME environmental variable to contain the commands to be executed. |
| Source | NIST National Vulnerability Database |
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