IBM AIX and Virtual I/O Server CVE-2018-1383 Remote Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	102989
Class:	Design Error
CVE:	CVE-2018-1383
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Feb 08 2018 12:00AM
Updated:	Feb 08 2018 12:00AM
Credit:	The vendor reported this issue.
Vulnerable:	IBM Vios 2.2.3 IBM Vios 2.2.1 4 IBM Vios 2.2 IBM Vios 2.2.4.0 IBM Vios 2.2.3.50 IBM Vios 2.2.3.4 IBM Vios 2.2.3.3 IBM Vios 2.2.3.2 IBM Vios 2.2.3.0 IBM Vios 2.2.2.6 IBM Vios 2.2.2.5 IBM Vios 2.2.2.4 IBM Vios 2.2.2.0 IBM Vios 2.2.1.9 IBM Vios 2.2.1.8 IBM Vios 2.2.1.3 IBM Vios 2.2.1.1 IBM Vios 2.2.1.0 IBM Vios 2.2.0.13 IBM Vios 2.2.0.12 IBM Vios 2.2.0.11 IBM Vios 2.2.0.10 IBM Aix 7.2 IBM AIX 7.1 IBM AIX 6.1
Not Vulnerable:

IBM AIX and Virtual I/O Server CVE-2018-1383 Remote Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

IBM AIX and Virtual I/O Server are prone to an unspecified remote privilege-escalation vulnerability.

A remote attacker can exploit this issue to bypass certain restrictions and execute arbitrary code with root privileges.

The following products are vulnerable:

IBM AIX 6.1, 7.1 and 7.2
IBM VIOS 2.2.x

IBM AIX and Virtual I/O Server CVE-2018-1383 Remote Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Currently, we are not aware of any working exploits. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

IBM AIX and Virtual I/O Server CVE-2018-1383 Remote Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Solution:
Updates are available. Please see the references or vendor advisory for more information.