SGI IRIX up to 6.0.1 colorview text information disclosure

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A vulnerability was found in SGI IRIX 5.1/5.1.1/5.2/6.0/6.0.1. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component colorview. Executing a manipulation of the argument text can lead to information disclosure. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-1999-1494. Furthermore, there is an exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

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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. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. 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. Technical details and also a public exploit are known. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1592.

It is possible to download the exploit at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. 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 X-Force (2112), Exploit-DB (19269) and SecurityFocus (BID 336†). The entries VDB-13687 and VDB-13685 are related to this item. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

Not Affected

• SGI IRIX 5.3

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Type

• Operating System

Vendor

• SGI

Name

• IRIX

Version

• 5.1
• 5.1.1
• 5.2
• 6.0
• 6.0.1

License

• commercial

Support

• end of life (old version)

Website

• Vendor: http://www.sgi.com/

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