CVE-1999-1398

Medium CVSS 6.2

Published 1997-05-07 · last changed 2026-06-16

The fix

We hold no Microsoft remediation data for CVE-1999-1398, 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 xfsdump in SGI IRIX may allow local users to obtain root privileges via the bck.log log file, possibly via a symlink attack.

Sources

NVD record for CVE-1999-1398

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