Description
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-TELOPT_ENVIRON request.
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
- IRIX 5.2/5.3/6.x - TelnetD Environment Variable Format String EDB-20149 · remote · Jul 1, 2000 · verified
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References
- 20000814 [LSD] IRIX telnetd remote vulnerability mailing-list
- 1572 vdb-entry