IBM Director CIM Server Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

BID:34065

Info

IBM Director CIM Server Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 34065
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE: CVE-2009-0880
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Mar 10 2009 12:00AM
Updated: Apr 02 2013 03:47PM
Credit: Bernhard Mueller, SEC Consult Vulnerability Lab
Vulnerable: IBM Director 5.20.3
IBM Director 5.20.1
Not Vulnerable: IBM Director 5.20.3 Service Update 2

Discussion

IBM Director CIM Server Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

IBM Director is prone to a privilege-escalation vulnerability that affects the CIM server.

Attackers can leverage this issue to execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges in the context of the CIM server process.

Versions prior to IBM Director 5.20.3 Service Update 2 are affected.

Exploit / POC

IBM Director CIM Server 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 codes are available:

Solution / Fix

IBM Director CIM Server Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

Solution:
Reports indicate that IBM released Director 5.20.3 Service Update 2 to address this issue. Symantec was unable to verify this information. Please see the references and contact the vendor for more information.

References

IBM Director CIM Server Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

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