Description
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.
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Exploit-DB 1
- SGI IRIX 6.3 - 'Systour' / 'OutOfBox' Local Privilege Escalation EDB-19356 · local · Oct 30, 1996 · verified
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References
- 19961030 (Another) vulnerability in new SGIs mailing-list
- irix-systour(7456) vdb-entry
- 470 vdb-entry