CVE-1999-1219: Sgi Irix

High severity, CVSS 7.2. EPSS: 1.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Vulnerability in sgihelp in the SGI help system and print manager in IRIX 5.2 and earlier allows local users to gain root privileges, possibly through the clogin command.

Affected products

• Sgi Irix: version 5.1 only; version 5.2 only

Published 1994-08-11. Last modified 2026-06-16.