CVE-1999-1492

High CVSS 7.2

Published 1998-05-27 · last changed 2026-06-16

The fix

We hold no Microsoft remediation data for CVE-1999-1492, 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 (1) diskperf and (2) diskalign in IRIX 6.4 allows local attacker to create arbitrary root owned files, leading to root privileges.

Sources

NVD record for CVE-1999-1492

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