CVE-1999-0073 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Telnet allows a remote client to specify environment variables including LD_LIBRARY_PATH, allowing an attacker to bypass the normal system libraries and gain root access.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Digital	Osf 1 Unix
Sgi	Irix

Configuration 1 [-]

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	cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:5.0.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:5.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:5.1.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:5.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:5.3:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:5.3::xfs:::::
	cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:6.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:6.0.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:6.0.1::xfs:::::
	cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:6.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:6.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:sgi:irix:6.3:::::::*

Configuration 2 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:digital:osf_1:1.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:digital:osf_1:1.3:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:digital:osf_1:2.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:digital:osf_1:3.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:digital:osf_1:3.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:digital:unix:3.2g:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:digital:unix:4.0:::::::*

No data.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/02/24/3
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/CVE-1999-0073

History

Tue, 24 Feb 2026 09:30:00 +0000

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References		http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2026/02/24/3

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 1999-09-29T08:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2026-02-24T08:13:49.764Z

Reserved: 1999-06-07T04:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-1999-0073

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 1995-10-13T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-02-24T09:16:10.587

Link: CVE-1999-0073

Redhat

No data.

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