SGI IRIX up to 6.5.24 sgi_ioprobe privileges management

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A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in SGI IRIX up to 6.5.24. This affects the function sgi_ioprobe. The manipulation results in privileges management. This vulnerability was named CVE-2004-0135. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in SGI IRIX up to 6.5.24 (Operating System). Affected is the function sgi_ioprobe. 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. CVE summarizes:

the syssgi sgi_ioprobe system call in irix 6.5.20 through 6.5.24 allows local users to gain privileges by reading and writing to kernel memory.

The issue has been introduced in 05/01/2003. The weakness was presented 08/06/2004 by Adam Gowdiak (Website). The advisory is shared for download at patches.sgi.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2004-0135 since 02/11/2004. The exploitability is told to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 412 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 (16413), OSVDB (7122†) and Secunia (SA11872†). See VDB-22009 and VDB-22010 for similar entries. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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Type

• Operating System

Vendor

• SGI

Name

• IRIX

Version

• 6.5.0
• 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
• 6.5.17
• 6.5.18
• 6.5.19
• 6.5.20
• 6.5.21
• 6.5.22
• 6.5.23
• 6.5.24

License

• commercial

Support

• end of life (old version)

Website

• Vendor: http://www.sgi.com/

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