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CVE-1999-1232

• 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: 1997-05-16 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Untrusted search path vulnerability in day5datacopier in SGI IRIX 6.2 allows local users to execute arbitrary commands via a modified PATH environment variable that points to a malicious cp program.

Affected products

• Sgi Irix: 6.2

References

• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=87602167420994&w=2
• http://www.osvdb.org/8559
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/3316
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=87602167420994&w=2
• http://www.osvdb.org/8559
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/3316

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