CVE-1999-1398

Summary

CVE-1999-1398 is a vulnerability affecting the xfsdump utility in SGI IRIX operating system. This issue grants local users the ability to elevate their privileges to root level, potentially through the manipulation of the bck.log log file. The exact method of exploitation is believed to involve symlink attacks. This vulnerability poses a significant risk to systems running the affected version of xfsdump and necessitates prompt patching or mitigation measures.

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