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TI-1999-01167 Aliases CVE-1999-1219GHSA-66gj-m4p3-m782

Vulnerability in sgihelp in the SGI help system and print manager in IRIX 5.2 and earlier…

Priority LOW 34Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Local
Privileges required
None
User interaction
— Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
Complete · Complete · Complete
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

Vulnerability in sgihelp in the SGI help system and print manager in IRIX 5.2 and earlier allows local users to gain root privileges, possibly through the clogin command.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01271 70th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.1VulnerableSgi
cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*5.2VulnerableSgi
  • cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.1 Vulnerable ·Sgi
  • cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 5.2 Vulnerable ·Sgi

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-1999-1219
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-66gj-m4p3-m782

References

Patch 2

  • TI-2001-00767 Buffer overflow in login in various System V based operating systems allows remote… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
  • TI-2003-00642 The prescan function in Sendmail 8.12.9 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
  • TI-2002-01252 Buffer overflow in samba 2.2.2 through 2.2.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
  • TI-2001-00769 lpsched in IRIX 6.5.13f and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters. CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
  • TI-2001-00539 Buffer overflow in BSD-based telnetd telnet daemon on various operating systems allows… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
  • TI-1999-00009 Inverse query buffer overflow in BIND 4.9 and BIND 8 Releases. CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
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Sources

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