{"id":"CVE-1999-1022","aliases":["EUVD-1999-1003","GHSA-29g7-m78g-3fx6"],"status":"published","title":"serial_ports administrative program in IRIX 4.x and 5.x trusts the user's PATH environmental...","description":"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.","severity":{"version":"2.0","score":6.2,"vector":"AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C","level":"medium","assessor":"primary","from":"nvd"},"epss":{"day":"2026-11-09","score":0.00793,"percentile":0.56613,"model":"v2026.06.15"},"facts":{"in_kev":false,"known_exploited":false,"public_exploit":true,"fix_available":false},"published":"1994-10-02T04:00:00Z","modified":"2026-06-16T21:49:32Z","exploits":[{"source":"exploitdb","id":"EDB-19351","title":"SGI IRIX 5.2/5.3 - 'serial_ports' Local Privilege Escalation","type":"local","platform":"irix","date":"1994-02-02","verified":true,"url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/19351"}],"products":[{"vendor":"sgi","product":"irix"}],"references":[{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/2111","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_XF","x_transferred"]},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/930","tags":["mailing-list","x_refsource_BUGTRAQ","x_transferred","Exploit","Vendor Advisory"]},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/464","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_BID","x_transferred","Exploit","Patch","Vendor Advisory"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-1999-1022"},{"url":"https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-29g7-m78g-3fx6"}],"sources":{"cve":[{"id":"CVE-1999-1022","description":"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.","status":"published","published":"2001-09-12T04:00:00Z","modified":"2024-08-01T16:55:29.394Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:33:53.295018Z"}],"euvd":[{"id":"EUVD-1999-1003","description":"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.","status":"published","published":"2001-09-12T04:00:00Z","modified":"2024-08-01T16:55:29Z","updated_at":"2026-11-03T03:50:44.737415Z"}],"ghsa":[{"id":"GHSA-29g7-m78g-3fx6","title":"serial_ports administrative program in IRIX 4.x and 5.x trusts the user's PATH environmental...","description":"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.","status":"published","published":"2022-04-30T18:11:39Z","modified":"2023-01-30T05:04:30Z","updated_at":"2026-11-02T14:47:03.625779Z"}],"nvd":[{"id":"CVE-1999-1022","description":"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.","status":"published","published":"1994-10-02T04:00:00Z","modified":"2026-06-16T21:49:32.487Z","cvss":[{"version":"2.0","score":6.2,"vector":"AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C","level":"medium","assessor":"primary"}],"updated_at":"2026-11-02T13:58:19.254283Z"}]}}