IBM AIX lqueryvg Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

BID:26256

Info

IBM AIX lqueryvg Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 26256
Class: Boundary Condition Error
CVE: CVE-2007-4513
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Oct 30 2007 12:00AM
Updated: Oct 24 2008 04:06PM
Credit: Sean Larsson of VeriSign iDefense Labs is credited with the discovery of this vulnerability.
Vulnerable: IBM AIX 5.3
IBM AIX 5.2
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

IBM AIX lqueryvg Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

IBM AIX is prone to a local privilege-escalation vulnerability because it fails to perform adequate boundary checks on user-supplied input.

Attackers can exploit this issue to execute arbitrary code using superuser privileges. Successful exploits will completely compromise affected computers.

Exploit / POC

IBM AIX lqueryvg Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

The following exploit is available to members of the Immunity Partners Program:

https://www.immunityinc.com/downloads/immpartners/aixrooter03.tar

Solution / Fix

IBM AIX lqueryvg Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor 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 lqueryvg Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

References:
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