## Description

spaceball program in SpaceWare 7.3 v1.0 in IRIX 6.2 allows local users to gain root privileges by setting the HOSTNAME environmental variable to contain the commands to be executed.

## Severity

Overall Severity: N/A

### CVSS Metrics

Type | Score | Severity | Vector
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## Affected Products

### sgi - irix

Affected Versions:

- 6.2

## References

- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=87602746719552&w=2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/471
  Exploit Patch Vendor Advisory
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=87602746719552&w=2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/471
  Exploit Patch Vendor Advisory

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