SGI IRIX up to 6.2 Objectserver Daemon User privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in SGI IRIX up to 6.2. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Objectserver Daemon. Performing a manipulation results in privileges management (User). This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2000-0245. Additionally, an exploit exists. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in SGI IRIX up to 6.2 (Operating System). This affects an unknown code of the component Objectserver Daemon. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability (User). 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 SGI IRIX objectserver daemon allows remote attackers to create user accounts.

The weakness was released 03/29/2000 by Last Stage (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2000-0245. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. 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.

A public exploit has been developed in ANSI C and been published even before and not after the advisory. The exploit is shared for download at downloads.securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1000 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 10384 , which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 38054 (IRIX Objectserver Remote Account Creation Vulnerability).

Upgrading to version 6.3 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (4206), Exploit-DB (19822), Tenable (10384), SecurityFocus (BID 1079†) and OSVDB (1267†). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Exploitinginfo

Name: User
Class: Privileges management / User
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Nessus ID: 10384

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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: IRIX 6.3

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03/27/2000 +1000 days 🔍
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02/21/2003 +1059 days 🔍
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06/23/2014 +3984 days 🔍
10/18/2025 +4135 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: sgi.com

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Researcher: Last Stage
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2000-0245 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2000-0245
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-15411
X-Force: 4206
SecurityFocus: 1079 - IRIX Objectserver Vulnerability
OSVDB: 1267 - IRIX Objectserver Remote Arbitrary Account Creation
Vulnerability Center: 1511 - SGI IRIX Objectserver Daemon Enables Creation of Root Account, Critical

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

Entryinfo

Created: 06/24/2014 00:54
Updated: 10/18/2025 02:20
Changes: 06/24/2014 00:54 (69), 05/10/2019 21:27 (2), 10/26/2024 13:51 (19), 10/18/2025 02:20 (2)
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