CVE-1999-1186

High CVSS 7.2

Published 1996-01-02 · last changed 2026-06-16

The fix

We hold no Microsoft remediation data for CVE-1999-1186, 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

rxvt, when compiled with the PRINT_PIPE option in various Linux operating systems including Linux Slackware 3.0 and RedHat 2.1, allows local users to gain root privileges by specifying a malicious program using the -print-pipe command line parameter.

Sources

NVD record for CVE-1999-1186

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