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CVE-2001-0799: Sgi Irix: Command injection
CVE-2001-0799 has a CVSS v2 base score of 10.0 (the maximum on that scale) and affects Sgi Irix. Per its scoring, it can be exploited over the network, without authentication. The scored impact on confidentiality, integrity and availability is the highest available.
Vulnerability description
Buffer overflows in lpsched in IRIX 6.5.13f and earlier allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a long argument.
Severity breakdown
CVSS v2.0 10.0: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Access vector: Network. Exploitable remotely over the network.
- Access complexity: Low. No special conditions are required.
- Authentication: None. No authentication is needed.
- Confidentiality impact: Complete. Total information disclosure.
- Integrity impact: Complete. Total loss of integrity.
- Availability impact: Complete. Total shutdown of the component.
Affected products
- Sgi Irix: up to and including 6.5.13f