SGI IRIX 5.1/5.1.1/5.2/6.0/6.0.1 colorview text information disclosure
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A vulnerability has been found in SGI IRIX 5.1/5.1.1/5.2/6.0/6.0.1 (Operating System) and classified as problematic. This vulnerability affects some unknown processing of the component colorview. The manipulation of the argument text
with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-200. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. CVE summarizes:
colorview in silicon graphics irix 5.1 5.2 and 6.0 allows local attackers to read arbitrary files via the -text argument.
The issue has been introduced in 09/01/1993. The weakness was shared 08/09/1994 by Dave Sill as not defined posting (Bugtraq). The advisory is shared for download at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-1999-1494. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available.
The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 342 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.
Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at SecurityFocus (BID 336) and X-Force (2112). The entries 13687 and 13685 are related to this item.
Not Affected
- SGI IRIX 5.3
Product
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.0VulDB Meta Temp Score: 3.8
VulDB Base Score: 4.0
VulDB Temp Score: 3.8
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Exploiting
Class: Information disclosureCWE: CWE-200
ATT&CK: Unknown
Local: Yes
Remote: No
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Timeline
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Sources
Vendor: http://www.sgi.com/Advisory: securityfocus.com
Researcher: Dave Sill
Status: Not defined
CVE: CVE-1999-1494 (🔍)
SecurityFocus: 336 - IRIX colorview Vulnerability
X-Force: 2112
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Entry
Created: 06/17/2014 01:21 PMUpdated: 04/11/2019 09:25 AM
Changes: (4) advisory_url source_securityfocus_date source_securityfocus_class source_xforce
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