SGI IRIX 6.4 - 'xfsdump' Local Privilege Escalation

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/472/info The xfsdump program shipped with Irix 5.x and 6.x from SGI contains a vulnerability which could lead to root compromise. By creating a log file in /usr/tmp called bck.log, a user could create a symbolic link from this file to any file they wish t...

CVE-1999-0044

fsdump command in IRIX allows local users to obtain root access by modifying sensitive files...

SGI IRIX 5.15.2 - sgihelp Local Privilege Escalation

SGI IRIX 5.15.2 - sgihelp Local Privilege Escalation source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/468/info The sgihelp program, from SGI and included with IRIX 5.1 and 5.2, contains a vulnerability. sgihelp contains an option that allows a user to print to a command. Certain SGI utilities, including...

SGI IRIX 6.4 - 'suid_exec' Local Privilege Escalation

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/467/info A vulnerability exists in the 'suidexec' utility, as shipped by SGI with it's Irix operating system, versions 5.x and 6.x. Suidexec is part of the Korn shell package, and was originally the mechanism by which ksh executed setuid shell scripts...

SGI IRIX 5.3 - Cadmin Local Privilege Escalation

SGI IRIX 5.3 - Cadmin Local Privilege Escalation source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/335/info A vulnerability exists in the chost and cimport programs, as shipped with SGI's Irix 5.x operating system. chost is part of the Cadmin package. By failing to validate the real userid, these program...

CVE-1999-1219

Vulnerability in sgihelp in the SGI help system and print manager in IRIX 5.2 and earlier allows local users to gain root privileges, possibly through the clogin command...

CVE-1999-1494

colorview in Silicon Graphics IRIX 5.1, 5.2, and 6.0 allows local attackers to read arbitrary files via the -text argument...