CVE-1999-1399

High CVSS 7.2

Published 1997-08-20 · last changed 2026-06-16

The fix

We hold no Microsoft remediation data for CVE-1999-1399, 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

spaceball program in SpaceWare 7.3 v1.0 in IRIX 6.2 allows local users to gain root privileges by setting the HOSTNAME environmental variable to contain the commands to be executed.

Sources

NVD record for CVE-1999-1399

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