IBM AIX LSMCode Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

BID:18114

CVE-2006-2647 |

Info

IBM AIX LSMCode Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 18114
Class: Unknown
CVE: CVE-2006-2647
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: May 26 2006 12:00AM
Updated: Nov 03 2007 12:06AM
Credit: This issue was disclosed by the vendor.
Vulnerable: IBM AIX 4.3
IBM AIX 5.3
IBM AIX 5.2
IBM AIX 5.1
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

IBM AIX LSMCode Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

IBM AIX is prone to a local vulnerability in the 'lsmcode' command. Attackers may be able to execute arbitrary machine code with superuser privileges.

IBM AIX 5.1, 5.2, and 5.3 are affected by this issue.

Exploit / POC

IBM AIX LSMCode Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Core Security Technologies has developed a working commercial exploit for its CORE IMPACT product. This exploit is not otherwise publicly available or known to be circulating in the wild.

Solution / Fix

IBM AIX LSMCode Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Solution:
IBM has released an advisory to address this issue. Please see the referenced advisory for more information.


IBM AIX 5.1

IBM AIX 5.2

IBM AIX 5.3

References

IBM AIX LSMCode Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

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