CVE-1999-1399

Summary

CVE-1999-1399 is a vulnerability affecting the spaceball program in SpaceWare 7.3 v1.0 running on IRIX 6.2. This issue enables local users to elevate their privileges to root level by manipulating the HOSTNAME environmental variable, allowing them to execute arbitrary commands. This vulnerability poses a significant risk to systems running the affected software and version of IRIX. Users are advised to apply the available patch or upgrade to a secure version to mitigate this threat.

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