Vulnerability CVE-1999-1468
Published: 1991-10-22   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
rdist in various UNIX systems uses popen to execute sendmail, which allows local users to gain root privileges by modifying the IFS (Internal Field Separator) variable.

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
6.2/10
10/10
1.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
High
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Complete
Complete
Complete
Affected software
SUN -> Sunos 
SGI -> IRIX 
NEXT -> NEXT 
CRAY -> Unicos 

 References:
http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-91.20.rdist.vulnerability
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31
http://www.alw.nih.gov/Security/8lgm/8lgm-Advisory-01.html
http://www.osvdb.org/8106
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7160.php
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