SGI IRIX up to 6.3 Indigo Magic System Tour/Systour Local Privilege Escalation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in SGI IRIX up to 6.3. Affected is an unknown function of the component Indigo Magic System Tour/Systour. This manipulation causes Local Privilege Escalation. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-1999-1384. Additionally, an exploit exists. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in SGI IRIX up to 6.3 (Operating System). Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown functionality of the component Indigo Magic System Tour/Systour. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a local privilege escalation vulnerability. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Indigo Magic System Tour in the SGI system tour package (systour) for IRIX 5.x through 6.3 allows local users to gain root privileges via a Trojan horse .exitops program, which is called by the inst command that is executed by the RemoveSystemTour program.

The weakness was released 10/30/1996 by Tun-Hui Hu as confirmed posting (Bugtraq). It is possible to read the advisory at marc.theaimsgroup.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-1999-1384. The exploitation appears to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

It is possible to download the exploit at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept.

Upgrading to version 6.4 or 6.5 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (7456), Exploit-DB (19356) and SecurityFocus (BID 470†). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Local Privilege Escalation
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: IRIX 6.4/6.5

Timelineinfo

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06/17/2014 +6439 days 🔍
04/16/2026 +4321 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: sgi.com

Advisory: marc.theaimsgroup.com
Researcher: Tun-Hui Hu
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-1999-1384 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-1999-1384
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-13771
X-Force: 7456
SecurityFocus: 470 - IRIX Systour and OutOfBox Vulnerabilities

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 06/17/2014 17:36
Updated: 04/16/2026 11:10
Changes: 06/17/2014 17:36 (48), 05/18/2018 09:23 (6), 08/30/2024 10:36 (25), 10/20/2024 17:44 (1), 04/16/2026 11:10 (1)
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