SOC status:Duty analyst on shift

UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2014-3074

The runtime linker in IBM AIX 6.1 and 7.1 and VIOS 2.2.x allows local users to create a mode-666 root-owned file, and consequently gain privileges, by setting crafted MALLOCOPTIONS and MALLOCBUCKETS environment-variable values and then executing a…

HIGH 7.2EPSS 0.58%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.58%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

The runtime linker in IBM AIX 6.1 and 7.1 and VIOS 2.2.x allows local users to create a mode-666 root-owned file, and consequently gain privileges, by setting crafted MALLOCOPTIONS and MALLOCBUCKETS environment-variable values and then executing a setuid program.

CVSS 2.0
7.2 HIGHAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS
0.58% probability · 46th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-264
Affected
ibm/vios · ibm/aix
Source
psirt@us.ibm.com

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.