PT-2000-1726 · Sgi · Irix

Published 2000-10-20 · Updated 2008-09-05 · CVE-2000-0794

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.2

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions IRIX (affected versions not specified)

Description A buffer overflow issue in the IRIX libgl.so library allows local users to gain root privileges. This can be achieved by setting a long HOME variable when running certain programs, such as gmemusage and gr osview.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Related Identifiers

CVE-2000-0794

Affected Products

Irix

References · 6

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/20127 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2000-0794 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/1527 · Vendor Advisory
• http://osvdb.org/8568 · Note
• http://iss.net/security_center/static/5063.php · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/templates/archive.pike?list=1&msg=200008021924.e72JOVs12558%40ix.put.poznan.pl · Note