Privilege Escalation via Trojan Horse ls Program in IRIX 4.x and 5.x Serial Ports Administrative Program

CVE-1999-1022 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:L/AC:H/AU:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

serial_ports administrative program in IRIX 4.x and 5.x trusts the user's PATH environmental variable to find and execute the ls program, which allows local users to gain root privileges via a Trojan horse ls program.

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