CVE-1999-1461

Summary

CVE-1999-1461 is a vulnerability affecting the InPerson software on IRIX 5.3 to IRIX 6.5.10. The issue lies in the inpview component, which mistakenly trusts the PATH environmental variable to locate and run the ttsession program. Malicious users can exploit this by manipulating the PATH to instead point to a malicious ttsession program, effectively granting them root access to the system.

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