CVE-2014-3074

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Summary

CVECVE-2014-3074
StatePUBLISHED
Assigneribm
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-07-02 10:35:25 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.2 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: CWE-264 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Ibm Aix 6.1 All All All
Operating System Ibm Aix 7.1 All All All
Application Ibm Vios 2.2.0.10 All All All
Application Ibm Vios 2.2.0.11 All All All
Application Ibm Vios 2.2.0.12 All All All
Application Ibm Vios 2.2.0.13 All All All
Application Ibm Vios 2.2.1.0 All All All
Application Ibm Vios 2.2.1.1 All All All
Application Ibm Vios 2.2.1.3 All All All
Application Ibm Vios 2.2.1.4 All All All
Application Ibm Vios 2.2.1.4 fp-25_sp-02 All All
Application Ibm Vios 2.2.1.8 All All All
Application Ibm Vios 2.2.1.9 All All All
Application Ibm Vios 2.2.2.0 All All All
Application Ibm Vios 2.2.2.4 All All All
Application Ibm Vios 2.2.2.5 All All All
Application Ibm Vios 2.2.3.0 All All All
Application Ibm Vios 2.2.3.2 All All All
Application Ibm Vios 2.2.3.3 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
IBM AIX CVE-2014-3074 Temporary File Creation Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
cve-2014-3074 - Portcullis af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.portcullis-security.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
IV60940: A POTENTIAL SECURITY ISSUE EXISTS CVE-2014-3074 APPLIES TO AIX 7100-03 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ibm.com Vendor Advisory
IV61313: A POTENTIAL SECURITY ISSUE EXISTS CVE-2014-3074 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ibm.com Vendor Advisory
IV60935: A POTENTIAL SECURITY ISSUE EXISTS CVE-2014-3074 APPLIES TO AIX 6100-09 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ibm.com Vendor Advisory
Security Advisory SA59344 - IBM AIX / Virtual I/O Server Runtime Linker Privilege Escalation Vulnerability - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
IV61311: A POTENTIAL SECURITY ISSUE EXISTS CVE-2014-3074 APPLIES TO AIX 6100-08 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ibm.com Vendor Advisory
Full Disclosure: CVE-2014-3074 - Runtime Linker Allows Privilege Escalation Via Arbitrary File Writes in IBM AIX af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 seclists.org
IBM AIX Lets Local Users Gain Elevated Privileges - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
IBM AIX Runtime Linker Privilege Escalation ≈ Packet Storm af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 packetstormsecurity.com
IV61314: A POTENTIAL SECURITY ISSUE EXISTS CVE-2014-3074 APPLIES TO AIX 7100-02 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ibm.com Vendor Advisory
IV61315: A POTENTIAL SECURITY ISSUE EXISTS CVE-2014-3074 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ibm.com Vendor Advisory
aix.software.ibm.com/aix/efixes/security/malloc_advisory.asc af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 aix.software.ibm.com Vendor Advisory
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