CVE-1999-1410

IRIX <6.2 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm

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

Scores

EPSS 0.0091
EPSS Percentile 75.9%

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