7.2
CVSSv2

CVE-2000-0796

Published: 20/10/2000 Updated: 07/11/2023
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

Vulnerability Summary

Buffer overflow in dmplay in IRIX 6.2 and 6.3 allows local users to gain root privileges via a long command line option.

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sgi irix 6.3

sgi irix 6.2

Exploits

/* source: wwwsecurityfocuscom/bid/1528/info Certain versions of IRIX ship with a version of dmplay which is vulnerable to a buffer overflow attack The program, dmplay, is used to play movie files under IRIX The problem at hand is the way the program handles the DISPLAY variable for the users X terminal It does not check bounds and the ...