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CVE-1999-1040

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 1998-04-08 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Vulnerabilities in (1) ipxchk and (2) ipxlink in NetWare Client 1.0 on IRIX 6.3 and 6.4 allows local users to gain root access via a modified IFS environmental variable.

Affected products

• Sgi Irix: 6.3, 6.4

References

• http://ciac.llnl.gov/ciac/bulletins/i-055.shtml
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=89217373930054&w=2
• http://ciac.llnl.gov/ciac/bulletins/i-055.shtml
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=89217373930054&w=2

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