Quick answers
- Is CVE-1999-0059 exploited in the wild?
- No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-1999-0059 being exploited in the wild.
- How severe is CVE-1999-0059?
- High severity, with a CVSS score of 7.3, published 14 July 1997.
- Which products and versions are affected?
- SGI IRIX.
- Is there a fix for CVE-1999-0059?
- No fixed version is recorded yet. Check the vendor's advisory in the references below. If you run it, Junglewise drafts a mitigation that fits your setup and applies it once you approve, with senior security engineers behind it.
- How is CVE-1999-0059 attacked?
- It is attacked over the network, in an operating system.
- Am I affected by CVE-1999-0059?
- Check whether you run Sgi Irix. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.
Technical details
The File Alteration Monitor (fam) service in SGI IRIX is vulnerable to an information disclosure flaw. By interacting with the service over the network, an unauthenticated attacker can retrieve a directory listing of all files residing on the server. This vulnerability is categorized under CWE-200 (Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor). The root cause is a lack of proper access control or authentication within the fam service when responding to file monitoring requests. This allows an attacker to map the entire file system remotely without valid credentials.
Affected products
- SGI IRIX
Timeline
- 1997-07-14: disclosed: Initial publication date in NVD.