CVE-1999-1039

Summary

CVE-1999-1039 is a vulnerability affecting IRIX 6.4 patches 2291 and 2848. It lies in the diskalign and diskperf utilities, where a local user can exploit it to create root-owned files. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability can lead to a complete system compromise and the elevation of attacker's privileges to root level. This issue poses a significant risk to systems running the affected versions and patches, necessitating immediate mitigation measures.

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