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CVE-1999-1183

System Manager sysmgr GUI in SGI IRIX 6.4 and 6.3 allows remote attackers to execute commands by providing a trojan hors

System Manager sysmgr GUI in SGI IRIX 6.4 and 6.3 allows remote attackers to execute commands by providing a trojan horse (1) runtask or (2) runexec descriptor file, which is used to execute a System Manager Task when the user's Mailcap entry supports the x-sgi-task or x-sgi-exec type.

HIGH · CVSS 7.6 EPSS 0.01492
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  • CVSS base score ≥ 7.0
Sigma rules0 YARA rules0
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Affected Products & Versions

1
sgi irixall versions
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Scoring & Timeline

7.6
HIGH · CVSS v2 (legacy) · cve@mitre.org
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This CVE predates CVSS v3; the legacy v2 score is shown so triage still has a severity to work with.
v2 Vector
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Published to NVD02 Apr 1998 · 05:00 AM
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References & Sources

4
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/19980403-01-PXPatchVendor Advisory
ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/19980403-02-PXPatchVendor Advisory
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/809.php
http://www.osvdb.org/8556
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