A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in SGI IRIX 5.2/6.0/6.0.1 (Operating System). Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality of the component Desktop Permissions Tool. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

sgi desktop permissions tool in irix 6.0.1 and earlier allows local users to modify permissions for arbitrary files and gain privileges.

The weakness was published 03/03/1995 as 19950301-01-P373 as confirmed patch (Website). The advisory is shared for download at patches.sgi.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-1999-1243. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at patches.sgi.com.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (2113). ciac.llnl.gov is providing further details.

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• SGI

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• IRIX

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• 5.2
• 6.0
• 6.0.1

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• commercial

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• end of life

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