IBM AIX Setlocale Function Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

BID:19578

CVE-2006-4254 |

Info

IBM AIX Setlocale Function Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 19578
Class: Unknown
CVE: CVE-2006-4254
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Aug 17 2006 12:00AM
Updated: Jun 02 2009 03:39PM
Credit: The vendor has disclosed this issue.
Vulnerable: IBM AIX 5.3
IBM AIX 5.2
IBM AIX 5.1
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

IBM AIX Setlocale Function Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

IBM AIX is prone to a local privilege-escalation vulnerability.

A local attacker may be able to exploit this issue to gain elevated privileges on the affected computer. A successful exploit will lead to the complete compromise of the affected computer.

IBM AIX 5.1, 5.2, and 5.3 are vulnerable to this issue.

Exploit / POC

IBM AIX Setlocale Function 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.

The following exploit is available:

Solution / Fix

IBM AIX Setlocale Function Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has released an update. Please see the references for details.


IBM AIX 5.1

IBM AIX 5.2

IBM AIX 5.3

References

IBM AIX Setlocale Function Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

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