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CVE-1999-1492 — HIGH severity vulnerability (Vulnerability in (1) diskperf and (2) diskalign in IRIX 6.4)

Vulnerability in (1) diskperf and (2) diskalign in IRIX 6.4 allows local attacker to create arbitrary root owned files, leading to root privileges.

CVE IDCVE-1999-1492
SeverityHIGH
CVSS score7.2
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CWENVD-CWE-Other
StatusModified
Published1998-05-27
Last modified2026-04-16
DescriptionVulnerability in (1) diskperf and (2) diskalign in IRIX 6.4 allows local attacker to create arbitrary root owned files, leading to root privileges.
SourceNIST National Vulnerability Database

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