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CVE-1999-1399

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 1997-08-20 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

spaceball program in SpaceWare 7.3 v1.0 in IRIX 6.2 allows local users to gain root privileges by setting the HOSTNAME environmental variable to contain the commands to be executed.

Affected products

• Sgi Irix: 6.2

References

• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=87602746719552&w=2
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/471
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=87602746719552&w=2
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/471

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