VDB-15693 · CVE-2000-0579 · BID 1413

SGI IRIX 6.3/6.5 crontab privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in SGI IRIX 6.3/6.5. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component crontab. Performing a manipulation results in privileges management. This vulnerability was named CVE-2000-0579. There is no available exploit. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in SGI IRIX 6.3/6.5 (Operating System). It has been classified as problematic. This affects some unknown processing of the component crontab. 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:

IRIX crontab creates temporary files with predictable file names and with the umask of the user, which could allow local users to modify another user s crontab file as it is being edited.

The issue has been introduced in 09/01/1996. The weakness was presented 06/21/2000 by Jose Nazario (Website). The advisory is shared at archives.neohapsis.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2000-0579. The exploitability is told to be difficult. An attack has to be approached locally. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly 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 1389 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at SecurityFocus (BID 1413†). See VDB-15692 for similar entry. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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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: Upgrade
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Timelineinfo

09/01/1996 🔍
06/21/2000 +1389 days 🔍
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06/25/2014 +5117 days 🔍
04/11/2019 +1751 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: sgi.com

Advisory: archives.neohapsis.com
Researcher: Jose Nazario
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2000-0579 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2000-0579
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-15693
SecurityFocus: 1413 - IRIX cron and crontab Predictable /tmp Filename Vulnerability

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Entryinfo

Created: 06/25/2014 12:53
Updated: 04/11/2019 11:22
Changes: 06/25/2014 12:53 (55), 04/11/2019 11:22 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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