CVE-1999-1183

Summary

CVE-1999-1183 is a vulnerability affecting the System Manager sysmgr GUI in SGI IRIX 6.4 and 6.3. An attacker can exploit this issue by crafting a malicious runtask or runexec descriptor file, which, when supported in the user's Mailcap entry with the x-sgi-task or x-sgi-exec type, allows the execution of arbitrary commands remotely. This vulnerability poses a significant risk to systems running the affected versions of SGI IRIX, making it essential to apply the available patches or upgrades as soon as possible.

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