SGI IRIX 6.2 day5datacopier PATH privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in SGI IRIX 6.2. It has been rated as problematic. This affects an unknown part of the component day5datacopier. The manipulation of the argument PATH as part of Environment Variable leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-1999-1232. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in SGI IRIX 6.2 (Operating System). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown function of the component day5datacopier. The manipulation of the argument PATH as part of a Environment Variable leads to a privileges management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

untrusted search path vulnerability in day5datacopier in sgi irix 6.2 allows local users to execute arbitrary commands via a modified path environment variable that points to a malicious cp program.

The issue has been introduced in 03/01/1996. The weakness was published 05/16/1997 by Yuri Volobuev as not defined posting (Bugtraq). It is possible to read the advisory at marc.theaimsgroup.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-1999-1232. The exploitation is known to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

After immediately, there has been an exploit disclosed. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 441 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product. Attack attempts may be identified with Snort ID 863.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (3316) and OSVDB (8559†). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Snort ID: 863
Snort Message: SERVER-WEBAPP day5datacopier.cgi access
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Timelineinfo

03/01/1996 🔍
05/16/1997 +441 days 🔍
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04/09/2004 +2519 days 🔍
06/18/2014 +3722 days 🔍
04/11/2019 +1758 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: sgi.com

Advisory: marc.theaimsgroup.com
Researcher: Yuri Volobuev
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-1999-1232 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-1999-1232
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-13895
X-Force: 3316
OSVDB: 8559 - IRIX day5datacopier PATH Variable Arbitrary Command Execution

Entryinfo

Created: 06/18/2014 10:57
Updated: 04/11/2019 09:56
Changes: 06/18/2014 10:57 (58), 04/11/2019 09:56 (3)
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Cache ID: 216:5AD:103

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