CVE-1999-1398

Medium

6.2/10

Summary

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.

Access Complexity: HIGH
AccessVector: LOCAL
Authentication: NONE
Integrity Impact: COMPLETE
Confidentiality Impact: COMPLETE
Availability Impact: COMPLETE

References

Advisory Timeline

Published May 07, 1997