CVE-2000-0013

SGI IRIX 6.2 - 'midikeys'/'soundplayer' Local Privilege Escalation

Severity Score

7.8

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

IRIX soundplayer program allows local users to gain privileges by including shell metacharacters in a .wav file, which is executed via the midikeys program.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Complete

Integrity

Complete

Availability

Complete

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

1999-12-31 CVE Published
1999-12-31 First Exploit
2000-01-11 CVE Reserved
2024-08-08 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CAPEC

References (2)

URL	Tag	Source
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/909	Vdb Entry

URL	Date	SRC
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/19706	1999-12-31

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Sgi Search vendor "Sgi"		Irix Search vendor "Sgi" for product "Irix"				6.2 Search vendor "Sgi" for product "Irix" and version "6.2"		-		Affected