SGI IRIX up to 6.5.22 rpc.mountd privileges management

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in SGI IRIX. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component rpc.mountd. Performing a manipulation results in privileges management. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2003-0796. There is no exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in SGI IRIX (Operating System). This affects some unknown processing of the component rpc.mountd. 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:

Unknown vulnerability in rpc.mountd SGI IRIX 6.5.18 through 6.5.22 allows remote attackers to mount from unprivileged ports even with the -n option disabled.

The issue has been introduced in 11/01/2002. The weakness was shared 03/29/2004 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at patches.sgi.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2003-0796 since 09/17/2003. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. 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 514 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 (13807) and SecurityFocus (BID 9085†). The entry VDB-21700 is related to this item. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Type

• Operating System

Vendor

• SGI

Name

• IRIX

Version

• 6.5
• 6.5.1
• 6.5.2
• 6.5.3
• 6.5.4
• 6.5.5
• 6.5.6
• 6.5.7
• 6.5.8
• 6.5.9
• 6.5.10
• 6.5.11
• 6.5.12
• 6.5.13
• 6.5.14
• 6.5.15
• 6.5.16
• 6.5.17f
• 6.5.17m
• 6.5.18f
• 6.5.18m
• 6.5.19f
• 6.5.19m
• 6.5.20f
• 6.5.20m
• 6.5.21f
• 6.5.21m
• 6.5.22

License

• commercial

Support

• end of life (old version)

Website

• Vendor: http://www.sgi.com/

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