# CVE-1999-1384: Privilege escalation in n/a

> Local attackers can gain root privileges by exploiting a Trojan horse .exitops program executed by the RemoveSystemTour utility in SGI IRIX.

- **Severity:** High 7.2 (`AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 9 Mar 2002
- **Updated:** 1 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-5g4r-8w5q-c4xj

## What is CVE-1999-1384?

CVE-1999-1384 is a high-severity vulnerability in Sgi Irix, published on 9 Mar 2002. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official 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.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-1999-1384?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Sgi Irix.

## How do I fix CVE-1999-1384?

No fix has been published for CVE-1999-1384 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-1999-1384 being exploited?

It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-1999-1384 exists.

Public exploit code:

- SGI IRIX 6.3 - 'Systour' / 'OutOfBox' Local Privilege Escalation (exploitdb)

## Other vulnerabilities in Sgi Irix

- [CVE-2002-1584](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2002-1584/): Privilege escalation in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2004-0139](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2004-0139/): Other in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2003-0575](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2003-0575/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2003-0473](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2003-0473/): Privilege escalation in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2002-0359](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2002-0359/): Auth bypass in n/a (critical 10.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-1999-1384 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-1999-1384 is a high-severity vulnerability in Sgi Irix, published on 9 Mar 2002. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-1999-1384 exists.

Affected product: Sgi Irix. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-1999-1384/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-1999-1384/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-1999-1384
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-1999-1384
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-1999-1384

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