SGI IRIX 6.2 - SpaceWare

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/471/info The SpaceBall game, shipped with Irix 6.2 from Silicon Graphics contains a security hole which could result in the compromise of the root account. By blindly taking the contents of the $HOSTNAME variable, and not placing quotes around it, the...

SGI IRIX 5.3 - pkgadjust Local Privilege Escalation

SGI IRIX 5.3 - pkgadjust Local Privilege Escalation source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/419/info A vulnerability exists in the pkgadjust utility shipped with Irix 5.3 from Silicon Graphics. This vulnerability can result in the compromise of the root account. % cat getroot.c int main setuid0...