{ "CVE_data_meta": { "ASSIGNER": "cve@mitre.org", "ID": "CVE-1999-1468", "STATE": "PUBLIC" }, "affects": { "vendor": { "vendor_data": [ { "product": { "product_data": [ { "product_name": "n/a", "version": { "version_data": [ { "version_value": "n/a" } ] } } ] }, "vendor_name": "n/a" } ] } }, "data_format": "MITRE", "data_type": "CVE", "data_version": "4.0", "description": { "description_data": [ { "lang": "eng", "value": "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." } ] }, "problemtype": { "problemtype_data": [ { "description": [ { "lang": "eng", "value": "n/a" } ] } ] }, "references": { "reference_data": [ { "name": "http://www.alw.nih.gov/Security/8lgm/8lgm-Advisory-01.html", "refsource": "MISC", "url": "http://www.alw.nih.gov/Security/8lgm/8lgm-Advisory-01.html" }, { "name": "31", "refsource": "BID", "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31" }, { "name": "8106", "refsource": "OSVDB", "url": "http://www.osvdb.org/8106" }, { "name": "rdist-popen-gain-privileges(7160)", "refsource": "XF", "url": "http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7160.php" }, { "name": "CA-91.20", "refsource": "CERT", "url": "http://www.cert.org/advisories/CA-91.20.rdist.vulnerability" } ] } }