6.2

CVE-1999-1468: cray unicos

CVSS: 6.2v2.0MediumModified
Published 02-04-2003Last modified 01-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-1999-1468 is a medium (CVSS 6.2) vulnerability in cray unicos. EPSS estimates a 0.34% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 25.6% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
25/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
6.2/10
010
Medium · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.34%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 02-04-2003
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 01-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

rdist in various UNIX systems uses popen to execute sendmail, which allows local users to gain root privileges by modifying the IFS (Internal Field Separator) variable.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.34%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

26%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.34% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
0.34%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

No weakness data has been published for this record.

Affected systems

Cray1 product
Next1 product
Sgi1 product
  • irix3.3 | 3.3.1 | 3.3.2 | 3.3.3 | 4.0
Sun1 product
  • sunos4.0.3 | 4.0.3c | 4.1 | 4.1.1 | 4.1psr_a

4 vendors · 4 products

References

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