CVE-2000-0798

IRIX 6.x - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

The truncate function in IRIX 6.x does not properly check for privileges when the file is in the xfs file system, which allows local users to delete the contents of arbitrary files.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by Last Stage of Delirium · clocalirix
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/20137

Scores

EPSS 0.0218
EPSS Percentile 84.4%

Details

Status published
Products (3)
sgi/irix 6.2
sgi/irix 6.3
sgi/irix 6.4
Published Oct 20, 2000
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026