CVE-1999-1243: Sgi Irix

Medium severity, CVSS 4.6. EPSS: 0.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

SGI Desktop Permissions Tool in IRIX 6.0.1 and earlier allows local users to modify permissions for arbitrary files and gain privileges.

Affected products

• Sgi Irix: up to and including 6.0.1; version 5.2 only; version 6.0 only

Published 1995-03-03. Last modified 2026-06-16.