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CVE-1999-1492

• 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: 1998-05-27 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Vulnerability in (1) diskperf and (2) diskalign in IRIX 6.4 allows local attacker to create arbitrary root owned files, leading to root privileges.

Affected products

• Sgi Irix: 6.4

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/348
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/2103
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/2104
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/348
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/2103
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/2104

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