CVE-1999-1232

High CVSS 7.2

Published 1997-05-16 · last changed 2026-06-16

The fix

We hold no Microsoft remediation data for CVE-1999-1232, 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

Untrusted search path vulnerability in day5datacopier in SGI IRIX 6.2 allows local users to execute arbitrary commands via a modified PATH environment variable that points to a malicious cp program.

Sources

NVD record for CVE-1999-1232

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