SGI IRIX 6.4 diskalign/diskperf privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in SGI IRIX 6.4. This affects an unknown part of the file diskalign/diskperf. This manipulation causes privileges management. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-1999-1039. No exploit exists. It is suggested to install a patch to address this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in SGI IRIX 6.4 (Operating System). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code of the file diskalign/diskperf. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Vulnerability in (1) diskalign and (2) diskperf in IRIX 6.4 patches 2291 and 2848 allow a local user to create root-owned files leading to a root compromise.

The issue has been introduced in 11/01/1996. The weakness was disclosed 05/27/1998 as 19980502-01-P3030 as not defined advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at patches.sgi.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-1999-1039. The exploitation appears to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 572 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem.

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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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Timelineinfo

11/01/1996 🔍
05/27/1998 +572 days 🔍
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06/19/2014 +5867 days 🔍
04/17/2026 +4320 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: sgi.com

Advisory: 19980502-01-P3030⛔
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-1999-1039 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-1999-1039
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-14137
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Entryinfo

Created: 06/19/2014 15:29
Updated: 04/17/2026 11:58
Changes: 06/19/2014 15:29 (43), 04/11/2019 21:06 (10), 04/17/2026 11:58 (18)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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