{"cve":"CVE-1999-1040","nvd":{"published":"1998-04-08T04:00:00.000","modified":"2026-06-16T21:49:34.823","status":"Modified","description":"Vulnerabilities in (1) ipxchk and (2) ipxlink in NetWare Client 1.0 on IRIX 6.3 and 6.4 allows local users to gain root access via a modified IFS environmental variable.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"references":["ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/19980501-01-P2869","http://ciac.llnl.gov/ciac/bulletins/i-055.shtml","http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=89217373930054&w=2","ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/19980501-01-P2869","http://ciac.llnl.gov/ciac/bulletins/i-055.shtml"],"products":["sgi:irix"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:33:01.030757803+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-1999-1040","score":0.00363,"percentile":0.30191,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}