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CVE-1999-1120

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.6 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 1997-01-04 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

netprint in SGI IRIX 6.4 and earlier trusts the PATH environmental variable for finding and executing the disable program, which allows local users to gain privileges.

Affected products

• Sgi Irix: through 6.4; 5.3, 6.0, 6.0.1, 6.1, 6.2, 6.3

References

• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=87602167420403&w=2
• http://www.osvdb.org/993
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/395
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/2107
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=87602167420403&w=2
• http://www.osvdb.org/993
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/395
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/2107

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