CVE-1999-1468

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.2 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 1991-10-22 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

rdist in various UNIX systems uses popen to execute sendmail, which allows local users to gain root privileges by modifying the IFS (Internal Field Separator) variable.

Affected products

Cray Unicos: 6.0, 6.0e, 6.1
Next: 2.0, 2.1
Sgi Irix: 3.3, 3.3.1, 3.3.2, 3.3.3, 4.0
Sunos: 4.0.3, 4.0.3c, 4.1, 4.1.1, 4.1psr_a

References

http://www.alw.nih.gov/Security/8lgm/8lgm-Advisory-01.html
http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-91.20.rdist.vulnerability
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7160.php
http://www.osvdb.org/8106
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31
http://www.alw.nih.gov/Security/8lgm/8lgm-Advisory-01.html
http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-91.20.rdist.vulnerability
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7160.php
http://www.osvdb.org/8106
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31

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