CVE-1999-1468

mediumpriority · track · 25EPSS 0.003 · 27 %ileEUUS

grimoire priorityP3 · Track

Exploitable?

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no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.34% (27th) EPSS

CVSS 6.2 · medium

Is it mine?

16 products

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Who says so?

2 sources

enisa_euvd · nvd

EPSS · scored 2026-10-28

rdist in various UNIX systems uses popen to execute sendmail, which allows local users to gain root privileges by modifying the IFS (Internal Field Separator) variable.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

6.2

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.06.2mediumAV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:Cprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.9 · impact 10

v2.05.3mediumAV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-20USLLM-inferredCWE-284USLLM-inferred

affected products (16)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
cray unicos= 6.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:cray:unicos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cray unicos= 6.0envdUScpe:2.3:o:cray:unicos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cray unicos= 6.1nvdUScpe:2.3:o:cray:unicos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
next next= 2.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:next:next:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
next next= 2.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:next:next:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sgi irix= 3.3nvdUScpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sgi irix= 3.3.1nvdUScpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sgi irix= 3.3.2nvdUScpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sgi irix= 3.3.3nvdUScpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sgi irix= 4.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun sunos= 4.0.3nvdUScpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun sunos= 4.0.3cnvdUScpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun sunos= 4.1nvdUScpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun sunos= 4.1.1nvdUScpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
sun sunos= 4.1psr_anvdUScpe:2.3:o:sun:sunos:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

also known as (2)

Other names and identifiers for this entity.

sources

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enisa_euvd nvd NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 1991-10-22modified 2026-06-16

references (10)

External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.

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