A vulnerability was found in SGI IRIX 6.5.21f (Operating System). It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects an unknown part in the library libcpr of the component Checkpoint/Restart System. 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 integrity. The summary by CVE is:

Unknown vulnerability in the libcpr library for the Checkpoint/Restart (cpr) system on SGI IRIX 6.5.21f and earlier allows local users to truncate or overwrite certain files.

The issue has been introduced in 08/01/2003. The weakness was disclosed 08/27/2003 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at patches.sgi.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2003-0679 since 08/13/2003. The exploitation is known to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 26 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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• Operating System

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• SGI

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• IRIX

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• 6.5.21f

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• commercial

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• end of life

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