SGI IRIX 6.2 cgi-bin Wrapper information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in SGI IRIX 6.2 and classified as problematic. The affected element is an unknown function of the component cgi-bin Wrapper. The manipulation leads to information disclosure. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-1999-0149. Moreover, an exploit is present. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in SGI IRIX 6.2 (Operating System). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown part of the component cgi-bin Wrapper. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

the wrap cgi program in irix allows remote attackers to view arbitrary directory listings via a .. (dot dot) attack.

The issue has been introduced in 03/01/1996. The weakness was disclosed 04/29/1997 by J.A. Gutierrez (FIRST) as not defined posting (Bugtraq). The advisory is shared at juniper.net. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-1999-0149. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1592 for this issue.

After before and not just, there has been an exploit disclosed. The exploit is available 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 414 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 10317 (IRIX wrap CGI Traversal Arbitrary Directory Listing), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CGI abuses and running in the context r. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 10011 (CGI wrap Vulnerability).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. Attack attempts may be identified with Snort ID 853. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 994.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (290), Exploit-DB (19298), Tenable (10317), SecurityFocus (BID 373†) and OSVDB (247†). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 10317
Nessus Name: IRIX wrap CGI Traversal Arbitrary Directory Listing
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Snort ID: 853
Snort Message: SERVER-WEBAPP wrap access
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03/01/1996 🔍
04/02/1997 +397 days 🔍
04/19/1997 +17 days 🔍
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04/29/1997 +10 days 🔍
06/22/1999 +784 days 🔍
09/12/2002 +1178 days 🔍
10/23/2002 +40 days 🔍
06/17/2014 +4255 days 🔍
10/26/2025 +4149 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: sgi.com

Advisory: juniper.net
Researcher: J.A. Gutierrez (FIRST)
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-1999-0149 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-1999-0149
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-13877
X-Force: 290
SecurityFocus: 373 - IRIX cgi-bin wrap Vulnerability
OSVDB: 247 - IRIX wrap CGI Traversal Arbitrary Directory Listing
Vulnerability Center: 215 - IRIX warp CGI cmd exec, Medium

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

Entryinfo

Created: 06/18/2014 01:17
Updated: 10/26/2025 22:00
Changes: 06/18/2014 01:17 (79), 05/05/2019 16:23 (3), 12/15/2024 11:18 (27), 10/26/2025 22:00 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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