Local Privilege Escalation in rxvt with PRINT_PIPE Option

CVE-1999-1186 · HIGH Severity

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

rxvt, when compiled with the PRINT_PIPE option in various Linux operating systems including Linux Slackware 3.0 and RedHat 2.1, allows local users to gain root privileges by specifying a malicious program using the -print-pipe command line parameter.

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