IBM AIX Mkvg Command Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

BID:20197

CVE-2006-4416 |

Info

IBM AIX Mkvg Command Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 20197
Class: Unknown
CVE:
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Sep 25 2006 12:00AM
Updated: Sep 26 2006 09:11PM
Credit: The vendor reported this vulnerability.
Vulnerable: IBM AIX 5.3
IBM AIX 5.2
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

IBM AIX Mkvg Command Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

AIX is prone to a local privilege-escalation vulnerability

A local attacker can exploit this issue to execute arbitrary commands with superuser privileges on the affected computer. To exploit this issue, the attacker must have 'system group' permissions.

AIX 5.2 and 5.3 are affected by this vulnerability.

Exploit / POC

IBM AIX Mkvg Command Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

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

Solution / Fix

IBM AIX Mkvg Command Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has released fixes to address these issues. Please see the references for more information.


IBM AIX 5.2

IBM AIX 5.3

References

IBM AIX Mkvg Command Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

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