CVE-2005-2925

Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2005-10-12 · updated 2026-06-16

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.

Affected products

Sgi Irix: 6.5.22

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/17131
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015031
http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=312&type=vulnerabilities
http://www.osvdb.org/19907
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/427409/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15055
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/22561
http://secunia.com/advisories/17131
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015031
http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=312&type=vulnerabilities

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