SGI IRIX up to 6.4 startmidi privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in SGI IRIX up to 6.4. It has been classified as problematic. This affects an unknown part of the component startmidi. Performing a manipulation results in privileges management. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-1999-0959. Additionally, an exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

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. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

After 2 weeks, there has been an exploit disclosed. The exploit is shared for download at exploit-db.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (1634), Exploit-DB (19355), SecurityFocus (BID 469†) and OSVDB (8447†). Entry connected to this vulnerability is available at VDB-14095. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: sgi.com

Advisory: patches.sgi.com⛔
Researcher: David Hedley
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-1999-0959 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-1999-0959
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-13851
X-Force: 1634
SecurityFocus: 469 - IRIX startmidi Vulnerabilty
OSVDB: 8447 - IRIX startmidi Symlink Arbitrary File Modification

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

Created: 06/18/2014 00:48
Updated: 09/03/2024 07:31
Changes: 06/18/2014 00:48 (52), 05/18/2018 10:07 (9), 09/03/2024 07:31 (25)
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