CVE-1999-1501 — MEDIUM severity vulnerability ((1) ipxchk and (2) ipxlink in SGI OS2 IRIX 6.3 does not prop)
(1) ipxchk and (2) ipxlink in SGI OS2 IRIX 6.3 does not properly clear the IFS environmental variable before executing system calls, which allows local users to execute arbitrary commands.
| CVE ID | CVE-1999-1501 |
|---|---|
| Severity | MEDIUM |
| CVSS score | 4.6 |
| CVSS vector | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| CWE | NVD-CWE-Other |
| Status | Modified |
| Published | 1998-04-08 |
| Last modified | 2026-04-16 |
| Description | (1) ipxchk and (2) ipxlink in SGI OS2 IRIX 6.3 does not properly clear the IFS environmental variable before executing system calls, which allows local users to execute arbitrary commands. |
| Source | NIST National Vulnerability Database |
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