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…
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
- http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/malloc_advisory.ascVendor Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/127390/IBM-AIX-Runtime-Linker-Privilege-Escalation.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Jul/31
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59344
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV60935Vendor Advisory
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV60940Vendor Advisory
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV61311Vendor Advisory
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV61313Vendor Advisory
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV61314Vendor Advisory
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV61315Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/532689/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68296
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030504
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/93816
- https://www.portcullis-security.com/security-research-and-downloads/security-advisories/cve-2014-3074/
- http://aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/malloc_advisory.ascVendor Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/127390/IBM-AIX-Runtime-Linker-Privilege-Escalation.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Jul/31
- http://secunia.com/advisories/59344
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV60935Vendor Advisory
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV60940Vendor Advisory
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV61311Vendor Advisory
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV61313Vendor Advisory
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV61314Vendor Advisory
- http://www.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=isg1IV61315Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/532689/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68296
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030504
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/93816
- https://www.portcullis-security.com/security-research-and-downloads/security-advisories/cve-2014-3074/
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.