{"cve":"CVE-1999-1468","nvd":{"published":"1991-10-22T04:00:00.000","modified":"2026-06-16T21:50:30.270","status":"Modified","description":"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_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":[],"references":["http://www.alw.nih.gov/Security/8lgm/8lgm-Advisory-01.html","http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-91.20.rdist.vulnerability","http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7160.php","http://www.osvdb.org/8106","http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31"],"products":["cray:unicos","next:next","sgi:irix","sun:sunos"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:33:01.030757803+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-1999-1468","score":0.00338,"percentile":0.2727,"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."]}