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CVE-1999-1501

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.6 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: 1998-04-08 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

(1) ipxchk and (2) ipxlink in SGI OS2 IRIX 6.3 does not properly clear the IFS environmental variable before executing system calls, which allows local users to execute arbitrary commands.

Affected products

• Sgi Irix: 6.3

References

• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=89217373930054&w=2
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=89217373930054&w=2
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71

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