CVE-1999-1461

High CVSS 7.2

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

The fix

We hold no Microsoft remediation data for CVE-1999-1461, 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

inpview in InPerson on IRIX 5.3 through IRIX 6.5.10 trusts the PATH environmental variable to find and execute the ttsession program, which allows local users to obtain root access by modifying the PATH to point to a Trojan horse ttsession program.

Sources

NVD record for CVE-1999-1461

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