IBM AIX Multiple Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities

BID:32493

Info

IBM AIX Multiple Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities

Bugtraq ID: 32493
Class: Unknown
CVE: CVE-2008-5384
CVE-2008-5385
CVE-2008-5386
CVE-2008-5387
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Nov 26 2008 12:00AM
Updated: Dec 11 2008 05:01AM
Credit: IBM
Vulnerable: IBM AIX 6.1.2
IBM AIX 6.1.1
IBM AIX 6.1
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

IBM AIX Multiple Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities

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

Attackers can exploit these issues to execute arbitrary code using elevated privileges or to delete arbitrary files.

IBM AIX 6.1 is vulnerable to these issues.

Exploit / POC

IBM AIX Multiple Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities

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

Solution / Fix

IBM AIX Multiple Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities

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


IBM AIX 6.1

IBM AIX 6.1.1

IBM AIX 6.1.2

References

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