CVE-2005-2925 Command injection in n/a
Local attackers can execute arbitrary commands with elevated privileges via shell metacharacters in SGI IRIX privileged binaries.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2005-2925?
CVE-2005-2925 is a high-severity command injection vulnerability in Sgi Irix, published on 11 Oct 2005. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
runpriv in SGI IRIX allows local users to bypass intended restrictions and execute arbitrary commands via shell metacharacters in a command line for a privileged binary in /usr/sysadm/privbin.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2005-2925?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Sgi Irix.
How do I fix CVE-2005-2925?
No fix has been published for CVE-2005-2925 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and pass arguments to programs as a list instead of through a shell. More about Command injection.
Is CVE-2005-2925 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2005-2925 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in Sgi Irix
Sources
Also known as GHSA-5gc3-j88p-jmj3.