inpview in InPerson on IRIX 5.3 through IRIX 6.5.10 trusts the PATH environmental variable to find and execute the ttsession program, which allows local users to obtain root access by modifying the PATH to point to a Trojan horse ttsession program.
History

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2001-09-12T04:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-01T17:18:06.968Z

Reserved: 2001-08-31T00:00:00

Link: CVE-1999-1461

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 1997-05-07T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2024-11-20T23:31:10.333

Link: CVE-1999-1461

cve-icon Redhat

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