Published: 08/04/1998 Updated: 10/10/2017

CVSS v2 Base Score: 7.2 | Impact Score: 10 | Exploitability Score: 3.9

VMScore: 725

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

Buffer overflow in Korn Shell (ksh) suid_exec program on IRIX 6.x and previous versions, and possibly other operating systems, allows local users to gain root privileges.

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sgi irix 5.1
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sgi irix 6.2
sgi irix 6.3
sgi irix 5.2
sgi irix 5.3
sgi irix 6.4
sgi irix 5.0
sgi irix 5.0.1
sgi irix 6.0.1
sgi irix 6.1
sgi irix 6.0

source: wwwsecurityfocuscom/bid/467/info A vulnerability exists in the 'suid_exec' utility, as shipped by SGI with it's Irix operating system, versions 5x and 6x Suid_exec is part of the Korn shell package, and was originally the mechanism by which ksh executed setuid shell scripts safely However, it runs using the default shell, and ...

NVD-CWE-Other http://ciac.llnl.gov/ciac/bulletins/h-15a.shtml ftp://patches.sgi.com/support/free/security/advisories/19980405-01-I http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/467 ftp://ftp.auscert.org.au/pub/auscert/advisory/AA-96.17.suid_exec.vul https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/2100 https://nvd.nist.gov https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/19353/

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