CVE-1999-1410

IRIX 5.3 and 6.2 - Arbitrary File Overwrite and Privilege Escalation via Symlink Attack on Temporary File

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-1999-1410. PoCs published by Jaechul Choe.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit targets a race condition in SGI IRIX's /usr/lib/netaddpr utility, allowing privilege escalation to root by replacing a temporary file with a symbolic link to /.rhosts. The PoC compiles a C program to exploit the vulnerability and repeatedly attempts the attack.

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.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by Jaechul Choe · bashlocalirix
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/19260

This exploit targets a race condition in SGI IRIX's /usr/lib/netaddpr utility, allowing privilege escalation to root by replacing a temporary file with a symbolic link to /.rhosts. The PoC compiles a C program to exploit the vulnerability and repeatedly attempts the attack.

Classification
Working Poc 95%
Attack Type
Lpe
Complexity
Moderate
Reliability
Racy
Target: SGI IRIX 5.x and 6.x
Auth required
Prerequisites: Access to a privileged user account on SGI IRIX · C compiler installed on the target system
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (3)

Core 3
Core References
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=87602167420927&w=2
Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/330

Scores

EPSS 0.0080
EPSS Percentile 51.8%

Details

Status published
Products (9)
sgi/irix 5.0
sgi/irix 5.0.1
sgi/irix 5.1
sgi/irix 5.1.1
sgi/irix 5.2
sgi/irix 5.3
sgi/irix 6.0.1 (2 CPE variants)
sgi/irix 6.1
sgi/irix 6.2
Published May 09, 1997
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026