EIP-2026-102325

PRE-CVE

SGI IRIX 5.3 - 'Cadmin' Local Privilege Escalation

Title source: legacy
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for EIP-2026-102325. PoCs published by Grant Kaufmann.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This is a writeup describing a vulnerability in SGI's Irix 5.x chost and cimport programs, which fail to validate the real userid, allowing any user to edit protected files like /etc/passwd. The steps outline how to exploit this to gain root access via the desktopManager.

Description

SGI IRIX 5.3 - 'Cadmin' Local Privilege Escalation

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WRITEUP VERIFIED
by Grant Kaufmann · textlocalirix
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/19268

This is a writeup describing a vulnerability in SGI's Irix 5.x chost and cimport programs, which fail to validate the real userid, allowing any user to edit protected files like /etc/passwd. The steps outline how to exploit this to gain root access via the desktopManager.

Classification
Writeup 90%
Attack Type
Auth Bypass
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: SGI Irix 5.x (chost and cimport in Cadmin package)
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Access to a vulnerable SGI Irix 5.x system with chost or cimport installed
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

Details

Status pre_cve
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026