CVE-1999-1039

High CVSS 7.2

Published 1998-05-27 · last changed 2026-06-16

The fix

We hold no Microsoft remediation data for CVE-1999-1039, which normally means it is not a Windows CVE. For non-Microsoft software the fix is the vendor's own updated release, and the affected versions are listed below.

What it is

Vulnerability in (1) diskalign and (2) diskperf in IRIX 6.4 patches 2291 and 2848 allow a local user to create root-owned files leading to a root compromise.

Sources

NVD record for CVE-1999-1039

CVSS vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C