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. Local users can exploit this issue by manipulating the HOSTNAME environmental variable to execute arbitrary commands, effectively gaining root privileges. This flaw poses a significant risk to the security of systems running the affected software and operating system.

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