CVE-1999-1040

Summary

CVE-1999-1040 is a vulnerability affecting the ipxchk and ipxlink utilities in NetWare Client 1.0 running on IRIX 6.3 and 6.4. Local users can exploit this issue by manipulating an IFS environmental variable, resulting in elevated privileges and potential root access. This vulnerability poses a significant risk to systems running the affected software and requires immediate patching to mitigate the threat.

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