CVE-1999-1410

The CVE-1999-1410 issue affects IRIX versions 5.3 and 6.2 and is caused by addnetpr failing to securely handle a symlink to the printer’s temporary file. This local-access vulnerability lets a non-privileged user overwrite arbitrary files and potentially gain root privileges via a symlink attack ...

CVE-1999-1410

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...