CVE-1999-1040: Sgi Irix

High severity, CVSS 7.2. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Vulnerabilities in (1) ipxchk and (2) ipxlink in NetWare Client 1.0 on IRIX 6.3 and 6.4 allows local users to gain root access via a modified IFS environmental variable.

Affected products

• Sgi Irix: version 6.3 only; version 6.4 only

Published 1998-04-08. Last modified 2026-06-16.