SGI IRIX up to 6.4 xfsdump privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in SGI IRIX up to 6.4. Impacted is an unknown function of the component xfsdump. Performing a manipulation results in privileges management. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-1999-1398. Moreover, an exploit is present. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in SGI IRIX up to 6.4 (Operating System). This affects some unknown processing of the component xfsdump. 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:

Vulnerability in xfsdump in SGI IRIX may allow local users to obtain root privileges via the bck.log log file, possibly via a symlink attack.

The issue has been introduced in 03/01/1993. The weakness was disclosed 05/07/1997 by Yuri Volobuev as not defined posting (Bugtraq). It is possible to read the advisory at marc.theaimsgroup.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-1999-1398. The exploitability is told to be difficult. 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.

The exploit is shared for download 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 1528 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 Exploit-DB (19358) and SecurityFocus (BID 472†). The entry VDB-13888 is pretty similar. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.7

VulDB Base Score: 7.4
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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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Recommended: Upgrade
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06/17/2014 +6250 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: sgi.com

Advisory: marc.theaimsgroup.com
Researcher: Yuri Volobuev
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-1999-1398 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-1999-1398
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-13887
SecurityFocus: 472 - IRIX xfsdump Vulnerability

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

Created: 06/18/2014 01:26
Updated: 04/16/2026 18:07
Changes: 06/18/2014 01:26 (53), 04/11/2019 09:17 (3), 09/04/2024 14:51 (25), 04/16/2026 18:07 (3)
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