CVE

CVE-1999-1186

Severity:
Pending analysis
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
02/01/1996
Last modified:
18/10/2016

Description

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.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.20 HIGH
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0
7.20
Severity 2.0
HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:rxvt:rxvt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:slackware:slackware_linux:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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