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Fencer Vulns
high 7.2

CVE-1999-0959 json

IRIX startmidi program allows local users to modify arbitrary files via a symlink attack.

published 1997-02-01 29 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-1999-0940

cvss
7.2
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.7%
EPSS 0.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 53%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

IRIX startmidi program allows local users to modify arbitrary files via a symlink attack.

Timeline

  1. Published
  2. First public exploit (EDB-19355)

Exploit prediction

0.71% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 53% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-19355 SGI IRIX 6.4 - 'startmidi' Local Privilege Escalation local, 1997-02-09

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.2 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.