19907 : IRIX runpriv Arbitrary Command Execution
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Views This Week	Views All Time	Added to OSVDB	Last Modified	Modified (since 2008)	Percent Complete
3	347	over 6 years ago	about 1 year ago	3 times	100%

Timeline

Discovery Date	Vendor Informed Date	Vendor Ack Date	Disclosure Date	Exploit Publish Date	Vendor Solution Date
2005-09-08	2005-09-08	2005-09-09	2005-10-10	2005-10-10	2005-10-11

Time to Patch	Time to Exploit	Time to Vendor Response	Days of Exposure
33 days	32 days	1 days	1 days

Description

IRIX contains a flaw that may allow a malicious user to gain access to unauthorized privileges. The issue is triggered when a malicious user appends a string, which contains additional commands to execute, to the end of an authorized command string. This flaw may lead to a loss of integrity.

Classification

Location: Remote / Network Access
Attack Type: Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Integrity
Exploit: Exploit Public
Disclosure: OSVDB Verified, Vendor Verified

Technical

This vulnerability also affects the maintenance release (an 'm' after the version number) on version 6.5.22

Solution

Currently, there are no known workarounds or upgrades to correct this issue in version 6.5.22. However, IRIX has released a patch to address this vulnerability in version 6.5.27 and version 6.5.28.

Products

Silicon Graphics, Inc.	IRIX	6.5.27
		6.5.28
		6.5.22

References

Security Tracker: 1015031
Bugtraq ID: 15055
Milw0rm: 1577
Exploit Database: 1577
Secunia Advisory ID: 17131
CVE ID: 2005-2925 (see also: NVD)
ISS X-Force ID: 22561
Vendor Specific Advisory URL: ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/20051001-01-P.asc
Vendor Specific Solution URL: ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/patches/
Mail List Post: http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2005-10/0231.html
Packet Storm: http://packetstormsecurity.org/0510-exploits/10.10.05.txt
Other Advisory URL: http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=312&type=vulnerabilities
Vendor URL: http://www.sgi.com

Manual Testing Notes

Credit

Anonymous - iDefense Labs VCP

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 7.2
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2005-10-12 | Disagree?

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