IBM AIX Pioinit File Overwrite Code Execution Vulnerability

BID:25080

Info

IBM AIX Pioinit File Overwrite Code Execution Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 25080
Class: Design Error
CVE:
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Jul 26 2007 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 27 2007 05:35PM
Credit: The vendor disclosed this issue.
Vulnerable: IBM AIX 5.3
IBM AIX 5.2
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

IBM AIX Pioinit File Overwrite Code Execution Vulnerability

IBM AIX is prone to a vulnerability that allows attackers to execute arbitrary code with superuser privileges. This issue occurs because of insecure permissions on boot files.

Successful attacks will completely compromise affected computers.

Exploit / POC

IBM AIX Pioinit File Overwrite Code Execution Vulnerability

Attackers can exploit this issue by overwriting the affected script with arbitrary commands.

Solution / Fix

IBM AIX Pioinit File Overwrite Code Execution Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has released an advisory and fixes to address this issue. Please see the references for more information.


IBM AIX 5.2

IBM AIX 5.3

References

IBM AIX Pioinit File Overwrite Code Execution Vulnerability

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