CVE-1999-1410

Medium CVSS 6.2

Published 1997-05-09 · last changed 2026-06-16

The fix

We hold no Microsoft remediation data for CVE-1999-1410, 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

addnetpr in IRIX 5.3 and 6.2 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files and possibly gain root privileges via a symlink attack on the printers temporary file.

Sources

NVD record for CVE-1999-1410

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