SGI IRIX up to 6.5.22m ifconfig privileges management

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as problematic has been found in SGI IRIX. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file ifconfig. Executing a manipulation can lead to privileges management. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2004-2001. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in SGI IRIX (Operating System). It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects an unknown part of the file ifconfig. 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. CVE summarizes:

ifconfig "-arp" in SGI IRIX 6.5 through 6.5.22m does not properly disable ARP requests from being sent or received.

The issue has been introduced in 06/01/1998. The weakness was published 05/05/2004 (Website). The advisory is available at patches.sgi.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2004-2001 since 05/04/2005. The exploitation appears to be easy. Local access is required to approach this attack. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 2165 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 vulnerability database at SecurityFocus (BID 10289†). Similar entry is available at VDB-21851. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

Productinfo

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
• 6.5.22m

License

• commercial

Support

• end of life (old version)

Website

• Vendor: http://www.sgi.com/

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