A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in SGI IRIX (Operating System) (the affected version is unknown). This issue affects an unknown code of the component Printer Program. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The printers program in IRIX has a buffer overflow that gives root access to local users.

The weakness was presented 05/01/1998 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at seclists.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-1999-0108. The exploitation is known to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

The exploit is available at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Exploit-DB (19267).

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• SGI

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• IRIX

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• commercial

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