Privilege Escalation via HOSTALIASES Environment Variable in SGI IRIX 6.5.11-6.5.15f

Privilege Escalation via HOSTALIASES Environment Variable in SGI IRIX 6.5.11-6.5.15f

CVE-2002-0040 · LOW Severity

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

Vulnerability in SGI IRIX 6.5.11 through 6.5.15f allows local users to cause privileged applications to dump core via the HOSTALIASES environment variable, which might allow the users to gain privileges.

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