SGI IRIX 6.2 - 'cdplayer' Local Privilege Escalation

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/333/info A vulnerability exists in the /usr/bin/X11/cdplayer application as shipped with SGI's IRIX operating system. By failing to shed root privileges, and creating arbitrary directories as root, cdplayer allows arbitrary users to gain root on the syste...