CVE-1999-0029
highpriority · track · 39EPSS 0.012 · 69 %ileexploit · functionalEUUSgrimoire priorityP1 · Urgent
Exploitable?
Public exploit
1 exploit · functional
Likely / severe?
1.24% (69th) EPSS
CVSS 7.2 · high
Who says so?
2 sources
enisa_euvd · nvd
EPSS · scored 2026-10-27
root privileges via buffer overflow in ordist command on SGI IRIX systems.
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cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
8.4
010
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
v3.18.4highCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondaryexploitability 2.5 · impact 5.9
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ssvc
A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.
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weaknesses
The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.
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exploits (1)
Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.
- EDB-19317SGI IRIX 5.3/6.2 - 'ordist' Local Privilege Escalationfunctional · exploit_db
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affected products (2)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
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also known as (2)
Other names and identifiers for this entity.
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sources
Which sources assert this record, and when.
published 1997-07-16modified 2026-06-16
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references (2)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
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