SGI IRIX 6.5.19 IPv6 privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in SGI IRIX 6.5.19. Affected is an unknown function of the component IPv6 Handler. This manipulation causes privileges management. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2003-0473. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in SGI IRIX 6.5.19 (Operating System). It has been declared as very critical. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing of the component IPv6 Handler. 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:

Unknown vulnerability in the IPv6 capability in IRIX 6.5.19 causes snoop to process packets as the root user, with unknown implications.

The issue has been introduced in 02/01/2003. The weakness was published 06/24/2003 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at patches.sgi.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2003-0473 since 06/26/2003. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 04/11/2019). The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 143 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.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (12677), SecurityFocus (BID 8029†) and OSVDB (8586†). Similar entry is available at VDB-20634. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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

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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

02/01/2003 🔍
06/24/2003 +143 days 🔍
06/24/2003 +0 days 🔍
06/26/2003 +2 days 🔍
08/07/2003 +42 days 🔍
04/09/2004 +245 days 🔍
08/14/2014 +3779 days 🔍
04/11/2019 +1701 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: sgi.com

Advisory: patches.sgi.com⛔
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2003-0473 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2003-0473
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-20635
X-Force: 12677
SecurityFocus: 8029 - SGI IRIX Snoop Unspecified Vulnerability
OSVDB: 8586 - IRIX IPv6 Unspecified snoop Packet Processing Issue

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Entryinfo

Created: 08/14/2014 18:23
Updated: 04/11/2019 16:36
Changes: 08/14/2014 18:23 (56), 04/11/2019 16:36 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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