CVE-1999-1410

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.2 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: 1997-05-09 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

addnetpr in IRIX 5.3 and 6.2 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files and possibly gain root privileges via a symlink attack on the printers temporary file.

Affected products

Sgi Irix: 5.0, 5.0.1, 5.1, 5.1.1, 5.2, 5.3 (+3)

References

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=87602167420927&w=2
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/330
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=87602167420927&w=2
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/330

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