Telnetd telnet server in IRIX 5.2 through 6.1 does not properly cleans user-injected format strings, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a long RLD variable in the IAC-SB-TELOPTENVIRON request.
Vulnerability in SGI IRIX objectserver daemon allows remote attackers to create user accounts.
Buffer overflow in statd allows root privileges.
Telnet allows a remote client to specify environment variables including LDLIBRARYPATH, allowing an attacker to bypass the normal system libraries and gain root access.
Execute commands as root via buffer overflow in Tooltalk database server (rpc.ttdbserverd).
Inverse query buffer overflow in BIND 4.9 and BIND 8 Releases.
Buffer overflow in xlock program allows local users to execute commands as root.
IRIX login program with a nonzero LOCKOUT parameter allows creation or damage to files.
Local user gains root privileges via buffer overflow in rdist, via expstr() function.
The handler CGI program in IRIX allows arbitrary command execution.
webdist CGI program (webdist.cgi) in SGI IRIX allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in the distloc parameter.
The dtterm terminal emulator allows attackers to modify the window title via a certain character escape sequence and then insert it back to the command line in the user's terminal, e.g. when the user views a file containing the malicious sequence, which could allow the attacker to execute arbitrary commands.
CDE ToolTalk database server (ttdbserver) allows remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary memory locations with a zero, and possibly gain privileges, via a file descriptor argument in an AUTHUNIX procedure call, which is used as a table index by the TTISCLOSE procedure.
IRIX fam service allows an attacker to obtain a list of all files on the server.
inpview in InPerson on IRIX 5.3 through IRIX 6.5.10 trusts the PATH environmental variable to find and execute the ttsession program, which allows local users to obtain root access by modifying the PATH to point to a Trojan horse ttsession program.
Indigo Magic System Tour in the SGI system tour package (systour) for IRIX 5.x through 6.3 allows local users to gain root privileges via a Trojan horse .exitops program, which is called by the inst command that is executed by the RemoveSystemTour program.
addnetpr in SGI IRIX 6.2 and earlier allows local users to modify arbitrary files and possibly gain root access via a symlink attack on a temporary file.
Buffer overflow in Korn Shell (ksh) suidexec program on IRIX 6.x and earlier, and possibly other operating systems, allows local users to gain root privileges.
Buffer overflow in uum program for Canna input system allows local users to gain root privileges.
Buffer overflow in canuum program for Canna input system allows local users to gain root privileges.
A buffer overflow in the SGI X server allows local users to gain root access through the X server font path.
SGI permissions program allows local users to gain root privileges.
SGI mediad program allows local users to gain root access.
Buffer overflow in lpr, as used in BSD-based systems including Linux, allows local users to execute arbitrary code as root via a long -C (classification) command line option.
fsdump command in IRIX allows local users to obtain root access by modifying sensitive files.
Arbitrary file creation and program execution using FLEXlm LicenseManager, from versions 4.0 to 5.0, in IRIX.
Buffer overflow in Xt library of X Windowing System allows local users to execute commands with root privileges.
CDE ToolTalk database server (ttdbserver) allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the transaction log file used by the TTTRANSACTION RPC procedure.
Buffer overflow in cpr for the eoe.sw.cpr SGI Checkpoint-Restart Software package on SGI IRIX 6.5.10 and earlier may allow local users to gain root privileges.
The syssgi SGIIOPROBE system call in IRIX 6.5.20 through 6.5.24 allows local users to gain privileges by reading and writing to kernel memory.