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SGI IRIX inpview Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA13858
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Release Date:
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2005-01-14
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Last Update:
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2005-01-19
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Popularity:
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8,317 views
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Critical:
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Less critical
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Impact:
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Privilege escalation
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Where:
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Local system
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Solution Status:
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Unpatched
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| OS: | SGI IRIX 6.5.x
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Description:
iDEFENSE has reported a vulnerability in SGI IRIX, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain escalated privileges.
The vulnerability is caused due to a design error in inpview when executing commands specified in the "SUN_TTSESSION_CMD" environment variable. The problem is that the utility doesn't drop its root privileges before executing the commands, which allows execution of arbitrary commands on the system with root privileges.
The vulnerability has been reported in versions 6.5.9 (feature) and 6.5.22 (maintenance). Other versions may also be affected.
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