CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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8.0 | $0-$5k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in SGI IRIX up to 6.4 (Operating System). This affects an unknown code block of the component startmidi. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
irix startmidi program allows local users to modify arbitrary files via a symlink attack.
The weakness was released 02/01/1997 by David Hedley as not defined posting (Bugtraq). It is possible to read the advisory at patches.sgi.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-1999-0959. The exploitability is told to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.
After 2 weeks, there has been an exploit disclosed.
Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (1634). Entry connected to this vulnerability is available at 14095.
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Support
- end of life
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
CVSSv4
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.4VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.0
VulDB Base Score: 8.4
VulDB Temp Score: 8.0
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CVSSv2
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Exploiting
Class: Privileges managementCWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Local: Yes
Remote: No
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Status: Not defined
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Threat Intelligence
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
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Timeline
02/01/1997 🔍02/01/1997 🔍
02/09/1997 🔍
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04/09/2004 🔍
06/17/2014 🔍
05/18/2018 🔍
Sources
Vendor: sgi.comAdvisory: patches.sgi.com⛔
Researcher: David Hedley
Status: Not defined
CVE: CVE-1999-0959 (🔍)
X-Force: 1634
SecurityFocus: 469 - IRIX startmidi Vulnerabilty
OSVDB: 8447 - IRIX startmidi Symlink Arbitrary File Modification
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Entry
Created: 06/18/2014 00:48Updated: 05/18/2018 10:07
Changes: 06/18/2014 00:48 (52), 05/18/2018 10:07 (9)
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