Security readout for executives and security teams
Plain-English summary
CVE-1999-0314 is a legacy local privilege-escalation issue in SGI IRIX 6.4 S2MP on Origin/Onyx2 systems. A local user could gain root access through ioconfig relative pathname handling. Business risk is limited to organizations still operating these systems, but compromise would mean full administrative control.
Executive priority
Prioritize if legacy SGI IRIX systems support sensitive operations or multi-user access. Otherwise, treat as a legacy inventory and decommissioning concern rather than an internet-wide emergency.
Technical view
The CVE description states that ioconfig on SGI IRIX 6.4 S2MP for Origin/Onyx2 allows local users to gain root using relative pathnames. No CVSS, CWE, patch level, or detailed vendor remediation is included in the provided sources. The issue is local, not described as remotely exploitable.
Likely exposure
Exposure is likely rare and limited to legacy SGI Origin/Onyx2 environments running IRIX 6.4 S2MP. Organizations without these platforms are not affected based on the supplied sources.
Exploitation context
The source material supports local privilege escalation to root by an authenticated or otherwise local user. There is no cited evidence of active exploitation, and the CVE is not listed as KEV in the provided bundle.
Researcher notes
Evidence is sparse: the public record identifies the vulnerable component, platform, and local root impact, but not exploit details, affected package versions, or a named fix. Avoid assuming broader IRIX versions or products are affected without additional vendor evidence.
Mitigation direction
- Inventory for SGI Origin/Onyx2 systems running IRIX 6.4 S2MP.
- Check SGI or trusted legacy support guidance for available fixes or configuration advice.
- Restrict interactive local access to affected systems.
- Retire or isolate affected legacy systems where remediation is unavailable.
Validation and detection
- Confirm whether any SGI IRIX 6.4 S2MP systems remain in service.
- Verify whether ioconfig is present and used on those systems.
- Review local user access lists on affected hosts.
- Document compensating controls if no vendor fix is available.
Public sources used
Generated from the cited source records. This long-tail analysis has not been individually reviewed by a named human.
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Open ATT&CK lookup- Severity
- Unknown
- CVSS
- Not scored
- Known Exploited
- No
- Published
CNA and ADP enrichment extracted from CVE v5
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CVSS and timeline data
No CVSS vectors or timeline events were available in the normalized CVE source material.
Source materials
- CVE List V5 sourceCVE List V5
- sgi-ioconfig(1199)CVE reference · vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF
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