Title: IRIX day5notifier Vulnerability
Severity: MODERATE
Description:
A vulnerability exists in the day5notifier program, shipped with Irix 6.2 from Silicon Graphics Inc. This program will allow any user to run any command as root.
day5notifier wisely replaces a number of system() calls with execve() calls. However, the code was translated to run a copy of /bin/sh as the processor in the execve. As such, all the security problems associated with using a system() call in a setuid program remain.
Affected Products:
- SGI IRIX 6.2.0
References:
- Silicon Graphics Inc.: SGI Support
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